| Edward Gibbon - 1807 - 492 strani
...reign of Heraclius, the doctrines and vi&ories of Mahomet rapidly engaged the public attention, and the genius of the Arabian prophet, the manners of his nation, and the fpirit of his religion, involve the caufes of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. The Arabian... | |
| 1816 - 838 strani
...Alexander, because another world did not remain to conquer. They did not issue, like the followers of Mahomet, with the sword in one hand and the " Koran" in the other, to convert by subduing mankind, and win the houris ef Paradise by imbruing their hands in the blood... | |
| 1846 - 816 strani
...Alexander, becanse another world did not remain to conquer. They did not issue, like the followers of Mahomet, with the sword in one hand and the " Koran" in the other, to convert by subduing mankind, and win the houris of Paradise by imbruing their hands in the blood... | |
| 1846 - 798 strani
...Alexander, because another world did not remain to conquer. They did not issue, like the followers of Mahomet, with the sword in one hand and the " Koran" in the other, to convert by subduing mankind, and win the houris «f Paradise by imbruing their hands in the blood... | |
| Miron Winslow - 1819 - 446 strani
...life dear to him, but offers it cheerfully beneath the care of his god, and while the followers of Mahomet, with the sword in one hand, and the Koran in the other, are ready to brave every danger to propagate the doctrines of their leader, the disciple of the Lord... | |
| William Girdlestone - 1820 - 270 strani
...establishes that power by the possession of Mecca in the year 630 : from thence he pushes his dominion, with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other, four hundred leagues towards the south and towards the east, which included the pleasant land of Judea.... | |
| John Fry - 1822 - 568 strani
...answer to these symbols. But when " the Arabian prophet" appears, who, as our historian observes, " with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other, erects his throne on the ruin of Christianity and of Rome," we immediately recognise the resemblance... | |
| Jerom Alley - 1826 - 786 strani
...obedient and ardent followers. For the language of exhortation, was substituted that of command or menace. With the sword in one hand, and the Koran in the other, he called down the vengeance of heaven on the obstinacy of the unbeliever, or proclaimed the holy war... | |
| 1827 - 424 strani
...world: on the abstraction of that influence, they have withered and died. The Mussulmans entered India with the sword in one hand, and the Koran in the other, and commenced their career by violating whatever was deemed most sacred I among the conquered. We apprehend,... | |
| Ann Hasseltine Judson - 1827 - 700 strani
...destinies of man, to their eyes, were inscribed on the pages of the book of the Mussulman's creed; and with the sword in one hand, and the Koran in the other, the fiery and enthusiastic Arab, neither baffled nor deterred by insult or opposition, by difficulty... | |
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