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
Dear saint and martyr, she is safe from all misreading at last.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
The higher religion, too, found good soil here; for Baalbek gave the world many a saint and martyr along with its harlots and poets and philosophers.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
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 Malet, Lucas
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
