| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...and from the Top of it, offer up his Prayers, for the Obfervers of his Law. The People affembled ; Mahomet called the Hill to come to him, again and again : And when the Hill ftood ftill, he was never a whit abafhed, but faid ; If the Hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet... | |
| Electronic journals - 1853 - 706 pages
...remarks, not to include elocution in actio ; which was certainly not Cicero's understanding of the word. "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."] Query, What is the authority for this well-known story ? Essay XIII. Of Goodness.— " The Turks, a... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 564 pages
...many times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers...again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit3 abashed, but 1 Plut. Vtt. Demosth. 17, 18. « Politic. Political; civil. 3 Whit. The least degree;... | |
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...many times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers...again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit3 abashed, but 1 Plut. Vlt. Demosth. 17, 1 8. 3 Politic. Political; civil. 3 Whit. The least degree... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...him, and from the Top of it offer up his Prayers for the Obfervers of his Law. The People aflembled ; Mahomet called the Hill to come to him again and again : and when the Hill ftood ftill, he was never a whit abafhed, but faid ; If the Hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet... | |
| Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 812 pages
...times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call an hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his la\v. The people assembled ; Mahomet called the hill to come to him, again and again ; and when the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call an hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers...If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will c/o to the hill. So these men, when they have promised great matters and failed most shamefully, yet... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...many times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers...said, " If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will-go to the hill." So these men, when they have promised great matters, and failed most shamefully,... | |
| Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...many times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers...said, " If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will-go to the hill." So these men, when they have promised great matters, and failed most shamefully,... | |
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - English essays - 1861 - 630 pages
...many times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers...again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit"abashed, but 1 Pint Vst. Demosth. 11, 18. * Politic, Political; civil. ' Whit. The least degree... | |
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