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
This theory, like the shallow sentimentalism which made an innocent saint and martyr of Mary Stuart, has never recovered from the crushing onslaught of Froude.
From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)
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 Crawford, Mary Caroline
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
What will Mademoiselle say?—she that has held up the faith of every one of us, like a little saint and martyr as she is!
From A Modern Telemachus by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
