Such a man should have nothing to do with sorrow; nothing with strife; nothing with the martyrdom which, in an infinite variety of shapes, awaits those who have the heart, and will, and conscience, to fight a battle with the world.
It might seem no hardship to some of us, but to a pretty, blithe young girl, it was not only tedious, but very trying, and the thought of Laurie and his friends made it a real martyrdom.
Martyrdom, then, for the sake of a faith in her that was lost already, could be but folly. If she seemed bad and false to him, there was no longer reason to pretend to be otherwise.
Look closely, and the church, like others, is in part a cathedral of suffering—from the martyrdom of saints and the ransacking by invading armies, to the torture and massacres depicted in carvings and frescoes.
At that same instant, in Fernanda'sbed, his twin brother came to the end of the prolonged and terrible martyrdom of the steel crabs that were eating his throat away.
The American-Israeli aggression has carried out several airstrikes on the outskirts of the city of Sada, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of some citizens.