| Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1723 - 584 páginas
...enrich'd with the Martyr's Blood for its beautiful Appearance. On the Top of this Hill, St. Alto an pray'd that God would give him Water, and immediately a living Spring broke out before his Feet, the Courfe being confin'd, fo that all Men perceiv'd, that even the Stream had been fubfervient to the... | |
| Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 412 páginas
...all kinds of flowers, having its sides neither perpendicular, nor even craggy, but sloping down into a most beautiful plain, worthy from its lovely appearance...perceived that the river also had been dried up in I consequence of the martyr's presence. Nor was it likely that the martyr, who had left no water remaining... | |
| George Ayliffe Poole - 1848 - 478 páginas
...worthy from its lovely appearance to be the scene of a martyr's sufferings. On the top of this hill S. Alban prayed that GOD would give him water, and immediately...dried up in consequence of the martyr's presence. Here, therefore, the head of our most courageous martyr was struck off, and here he received the crown... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1852 - 540 páginas
...most pleasant spot covered with bushes and flowers, St. Alban, falling on his knees, prayed that CJod would give him water, and immediately a living spring broke out before his feet, in which he quenched his thirst ; and then bending his neck to the executioner, the head of this most... | |
| Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward - 1859 - 628 páginas
...by the multitude, ascended the gently sloping and flowery hill on which he was to die, and there he prayed that God would give him water, and immediately a living spring burst forth at his feet ; so that all knew that the drying up of the river had also happened at the... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1863 - 544 páginas
...of the hill, a most pleasant spot covered with bushes and flowers, St. Alban, falling on his knees, prayed that God would give him water, and immediately a living spring broke out before his feet, in which he quenched his thirst; and then bending his neck to the executioner, the head of this most... | |
| 1865 - 708 páginas
...of old it had rendered worthy to be enriched with the martyr's blood for its beautiful appearance. On the top of this hill, St. Alban prayed that God...course being confined, so that all men perceived, that even the stream had been subservient to the martyr. Nor could it be that the martyr should ask water,... | |
| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 páginas
...of old it had rendered worthy to be enriched with the martyr's blood for its beautiful appearance. On the top of this hill, St. Alban prayed that God...course being confined, so that all men perceived that even the stream had been subservient to the martyr. Nor could it be that the martyr should ask water,... | |
| Charles Knight - 1866 - 704 páginas
...of old it had rendered worthy to be enriched with the martyr's blood for its beautiful appearance. On the top of this hill, St. Alban prayed that God...before his feet, the course being confined, so that all meu perceived, that even the stream had been subservient to the martyr. Nor could it be that the martyr... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1866 - 532 páginas
...of the hill, a most pleasant spot covered with bushes and flowers, St. Alban, falling on his knees, prayed that God would give him water, and immediately a living spring broke out before his feet, in which he quenched his thirst ; and then bending his neck to the executioner, the head of this most... | |
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