 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...times ilo 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...and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit 2 abashed, but i Tlut. Vit. Demnnth. i7, i8. s Politic. Palitienl : ciril. 3 Whit. The, laut degree... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - Bible - 1866 - 586 pages
...laboure. Erasmus, On the Creed, Eng. tr., Pref. Mahomet cald the hill to come to him, againe, and againe ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit...said ; If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet wil go to the hil. Bacon, Ess. X11. p. 45. Whit is used adverbially like A.-S. wihte, at all. White,... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - Bible - 1866 - 588 pages
...laboure. Erasmus, On the Creed, Eng. tr., Pref. Mahomet cald the hill to come to him, againe, and againe ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit...said ; If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet wil go to the hil. Bacon, Ess. XII. p. 45. Whit is used adverbially like A.-S. 2vihte, at all. White,... | |
 | Cheltenham College - Endowed public schools (Great Britain) - 1867 - 362 pages
...prophet made the people believe he could call a hill to him — "Why, so can I, and so can any man." «' If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." What did it matter, one way or the other, the people were equally pleased. Our American brethren, as... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer [12] up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people...whit abashed, but said, " If the hill will not come [13] to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." So these men, when they have promised great matters,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 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...Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again ; aud when the hill stood still, he was never a whit'abashed, but 1 Pint. Vtt. Demosth. 17, 18. * Politic.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...Observers of his Law. The People assembled ; Mahomet cald the Hill to come to him, againe, and againe ; And when the Hill stood still, he was never a whit...; If the Hill •will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet wil go to the hil. So these Men, when they have promised great Matters, and failed most shamefully,... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would make the hill come to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers...assembled. Mahomet called the hill to come to him again.and again ; and, when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, "If the hill... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 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 of his law. 1 Pari] Qualification. ! Popular States] Democracies. 1 And more] And prevaileth more. The people assembled;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it ofier up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people...again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit'abashed, but 1 Pint . Vit. Demosth. 17, 18. ' Politio. Political; civil. said, ' If the hill will... | |
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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 of his law. The people assembled ; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again : and when the hill stood still,... 
