saint and martyr
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All photograph: David Levene To some, he is verging on a saint and martyr, singlehandedly standing against the forces of Chinese political repression.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2013
She was there, serene upon her pyre of saint and martyr.
From The Lily of the Valley by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
He endured both tedium and bodily suffering with the fortitude of a saint and martyr; but next morning revealed him victim of a violent chill demanding medical aid.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
Here was a man of the pattern of the old-time saint and martyr, if ever there was one, he thought.
From In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford
The British made a saint and martyr of Gordon, and called Ward an adventurer and a common sailor, but the Chinese rated him more nearly as he deserved.
From The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Mary Caroline Crawford
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