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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,... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 38
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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Works, Volume 9

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 532 pages
..."Mahomet made the ' people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of ' it oner up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people...come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go •to the hill."' i8i2.] JOHN CALT'S TRAYSLS. 101 entirely, was of, or belonging to, Cambridge, and, in that, no change...
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The Essays, Or Counsels, Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1905 - 410 pages
...times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet0 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...law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to 25 come to him, again and again; and when the hill stood still he was never a whit abashed, but said,...
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Francis Bacon's Cryptic Rhymes and the Truth They Reveal

Edwin Bormann - 1906 - 268 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...Hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hil. The whole is a jest in rhyme. " Mahom'et " having the emphasis on the second syllable, we obtain...
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - Essays - 1908 - 272 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...said, If the hill * will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet ivill go to the hill. So these men, when they have promised great matters and failed most shamefully,...
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - Essays - 1908 - 270 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...he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill 4 will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill. So these men, when they have promised great...
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1908 - 412 pages
...times do Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet3 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...again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit4 abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill. So these...
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1908 - 414 pages
...miracle. Mahomet3 made the people believe that he would call an hill to him, and from the top of it oifer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people...again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit4 abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet mil go to the hill. So these...
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The Essays

Francis Bacon - 1908 - 340 pages
...Law. The People assembled; Mahomet cald the Hill to come to him, againe and againe; And when the 35 Hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but...said, If the Hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet ivil go to the hil. So these Men, when they have promised great Matters, and failed most shamefully,...
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1908 - 428 pages
...called the hill to come to him, again and again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit4 abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet mil go to the Mil. So these men, when they have promised great matters and failed most shame1 Mountebank....
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Essays, Civil and Moral: And The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon - 1909 - 364 pages
...to him, again and again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, // the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go...hill. So these men, when they have promised great macters and failed most shamefully, yet (if they have the perfection of boldness) they will but slight...
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