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
Let those pity him who will: call him saint and martyr if you please; but a martyr to what principle was he?
From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Dear saint and martyr, she is safe from all misreading at last.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
He has not only been exculpated from the charge of Atheism, but even panegyrized as a saint and martyr!
From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by Buchanan, James
Don Fernand is to this day esteemed as a saint and martyr in Portugal, and his memory is commemorated on the fifth of June.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
