| William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 Seiten
...successful audacity : " Mahomet made the people believe he would call a hill to him and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law....'If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will come to the hill.' " Obviously, this story is the original of the familiar proverb, " If the mountain... | |
| William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 Seiten
...successful audacity: *' Mahomet made the people believe he would call a hill to him and from the top of of come to the hill.'" Obviously, this story is the original of the familiar proverb, " If the mountain... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1892 - 402 Seiten
...miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call an hill to him, and from 30 the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law....stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If ike hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill. So these men, when they have promised... | |
| Marshman William Hazen - 1896 - 536 Seiten
...vantage-ground of truth. 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." II. ADDISON. JOSEPH ADDISON (1672-1719) was born in Wiltshire, England, educated at Oxford, and died... | |
| 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...Sabbath Keeping, Mahomet made the people believe that ho would call a hill to him, and from the top of njand brook Into the main of waters. v. Merchant...6. L. 109. Every subject's duty is the king's ; b whitabashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." in. BACON... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1896 - 426 Seiten
...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 abashed, bnt said ; If the Hill -will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet wil go to the hil. So these Men, when they... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1897 - 448 Seiten
...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 wil go to the hil. So these Men, when they have promised great Matters, and failed most shamefully,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1898 - 536 Seiten
..."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-...will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go ' to the bill.' " JOHN GALT'S TRAVELS. 101 entirely, was of, or belonging to, Cambridge, and, in that, no change... | |
| Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 478 Seiten
...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,... | |
| Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg - 1900 - 296 Seiten
...devils through Beelzebub"; Cause, "He died through overexertion." To. — Movement reaching its object, "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill" ; Direction toward, "Spires whose silent fingers point to heaven " ; Degree, " Brave to temerity "... | |
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