 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1909 - 360 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 to the hill. So these 1 Quacks. UC III * men, when they have promised great matters and failed most shamefully, yet (if they... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1911 - 488 pages
...believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observance of his law. The people assembled. Mahomet called the...not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." 5. A certain traveller of practical mind once visited a famous shrine where a holy lamp had been kept... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1911 - 412 pages
...man mounting a horse, we rode through the stream, the stray animals following of their own accord. '"If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." Bacon's Essays, Of Boldness. CHAPTER VI THE PLATTE AND THE DESERT We were now arrived at the close... | |
 | Mary Ninde Gamewell - China - 1916 - 296 pages
...given weekly at the health offices, and not only that but heed is paid to the I •J old proverb : " If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." Although the lectures, which are of a popular character, usually draw a large, attentive crowd, trained... | |
 | Comparative linguistics - 1917 - 722 pages
...Series') finden sich zahlreiche beispiele, allerdings nur für die dritte person. Essays II, p. 45. If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill. Das erste will drückt den willen aus, das zweite das objektive futurum. Ds. Things will have their... | |
 | David Sinclair Burleson - English language - 1919 - 330 pages
...with quarrelsome persons. 10. Whoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. 11. If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill. 12. He must needs be a wise man, because he speaks so much of himself. 13. My son, you seem to have... | |
 | Harvester Hiram - 1920 - 208 pages
...mountain to come to him. Failing, when they assembled to witness the miracle, in no sense abashed, he had said: "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." So the tourists were "going to the hill." Not to offer up prayers as believers in Mahomet did but simply... | |
 | Albert Montefiore Hyamson - Allusions - 1922 - 392 pages
...Essay : Of Boldness (1625). ' 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...not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." ' Mahomet's coffin : according to legend, hangs midway between heaven and earth. Mahomet's pigeon :... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...Talking Oak. St. 33. n FAITH Mahomet made the |>eople believe that he would call a hill to him, and M tlie hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill. BACON — Of Boldness. 12 Faith is... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1922 - 622 pages
...Essays (" Of Boldness") : "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...assembled ; Mahomet called the hill to come to him, agam and ' again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, ' but said, ' If the... | |
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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,... 
