 | George Gregory - 1790 - 456 strani
...to the compofition of the Koran. Converfation enriches the underftanding, but folitude is the fchool of genius ; and the uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a fmgle artift. From- his earlieft youth, Mahomet was addicted to religious contemplation: each year,... | |
 | 1792 - 822 strani
...to the competition of the Koran. Converfation enriches the underftanding, but folitude is the fchool of genius ; and the uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a ñngle artiít. From his earliett youth, Mahomet was addifted to religious contemplation : each year,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1795 - 582 strani
...of genius ; and the uni-" formity of a work denotes the hand of a fingle artift. From his earlieft youth, Mahomet was addicted to . religious contemplation...of Cadijah : in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he confulted the fpirit of fraud or enthufiafm, whofe abode was not in the hea-' vens, but in... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 370 strani
...the political state and character of the tribes, the theory and practice of the Jews and Christians. Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude...hand of a single artist. From his earliest youth, Mohammed was addicted to religious contemplation : each year during the month Ramadan, he withdrew... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1807 - 492 strani
...duty compelled him to return when he had difpofed of the merchandize of Cadijah. From his earlieft youth, Mahomet was addicted to religious contemplation...each year, during the month of Ramadan, he withdrew to the care of Hera, three miles from Mecca ; and at length delivered, under the name of I/Jam, that... | |
 | William Jones - 1819 - 626 strani
...was entrusted. From his earliest youth, Mahomet was addicted to religious contemplation ; and every year during the month of Ramadan, he withdrew from the world and from the society of his wife, to the cave of Heva, three miles from Mecca, where he consulted the spirit of... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1828 - 484 strani
...enriches the understanding : but solitude is the school of genius. Front his earliest youth, Mohammed was addicted to religious contemplation. Each year,...of Cadijah. In the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he consulted the spirit of fraud 'or enthusiasm, whose abode is not in the Jleavens but in the... | |
 | Joseph Mede - 1836 - 296 strani
...enriches the understanding: but solitude is the school of genius. From his earliest youth, Mahomed was addicted to religious contemplation. Each year,...withdrew from the world and from the arms of Cadijah. Tn the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he consulted the spirit of fraud or enthusiasm, whose... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 strani
...and the Syrian monk, whom they accuse of lending their secret aid to the composition of the Koran. Mecca, he consulted the spirit of fraud or enthusiasm, whose abode is not in the heavens but in the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 strani
...their secret aid to the composition of the Koran. Conversation enriches the understanding, but eolitude could no longer command, and to give way to a torrent...men that he would comply with their request, provide : euch year, during the month of Ramadan, he withdrew from the world and from the arms of Cadijah :... | |
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Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius ; and the uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a single artist. From his earliest youth Mahomet was addicted to religious contemplation : each year, during the month of... 
