 | Francis Bacon - Essays - 1908 - 272 pages
...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 law....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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Essays - 1908 - 270 pages
...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 law....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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1908 - 428 pages
...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 of his law....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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Education - 1909 - 374 pages
...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...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 men, when they have promised... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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,... 
