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Seven Sleepers

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Seven Sleepers
youths who fled Decian persecution; slept for more than 200 years. [Christian and Muslim Tradition: Benét, 918]
See : Sleep


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We shouted back loud enough to wake the Seven Sleepers - I never could understand myself why it should take more noise to wake seven sleepers than one - and, after what seemed an hour, but what was really, I suppose, about five minutes, we saw the lighted boat creeping slowly over the blackness, and heard Harris's sleepy voice asking where we were.
 
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