 | Francis Bacon - 1901 - 312 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...said; 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,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled....these men, when they have promised great matters, failed most shamefully, yet, if they have the perfection of boldness, they will but slight it over,... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...Great Place. 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....not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." OfBoldnew. The desire of power in excess cansed the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1902 - 404 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... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1902 - 408 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...hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the MIL" 5. A certain traveller of practical mind once visited a famous shrine where a holy lamp had been... | |
 | Edwin Bormann - 1902 - 154 pages
...times upon Secrecy by a necessity; So that he that will be Secret, must be a Dissembler in some degree. stood still he' was never a whit abashed, but said:...not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the Hill. The Ripenesse, or the Vnripenesse, of the Occasion (äs was said) must euer well be weighed; And generally... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...Great Place. 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....not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." Of Boltlnea. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1905 - 410 pages
...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 of his 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,... | |
 | 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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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,... 
