God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs... Mount Sinai, Petra, and the Desert, Described and Illustrated - Stran 147avtor: William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 165 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 strani
...cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer: whoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven : at the day...limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim." Fired by representations such as these, and by the powerful temptations of a sensual paradise,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 370 strani
...blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven...odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be sup-' plied by the wings of angels and cherubims." The intrepid souls of the Arabs were fired with•... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 strani
...shed in the cause of " God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two " months of fasting or prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his "sins are...of judgment, his wounds shall " be resplendent as vermillion and odoriferous as musk ; " and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 strani
...shed in the cause " of God, a night spent in arms, is of more a" vail than two months of fasting or prayer : " Whosoever falls in battle, his sins are...forgiven ; " at the day of judgment his wounds shall be re" splendent as vermillion, and odoriferous as musk ; " and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 strani
...shed in the cause " of God, a night spent in arms, is of more a" vail than two months of fasting or prayer : " Whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven ; " at the day of j udgment his wounds shall be re" splendent as vermillion, and odoriferous as musk ; " and the loss... | |
| John Evans - 1807 - 344 strani
...shed in the cause of God, or a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven...resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk, the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubims." . Mr. Clarke, in his... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1807 - 366 strani
...blood shed in the cause of GoH, a night spent in arms is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer: whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall bu resplendent as vermilion, and odonferous a* musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be sHpplied by... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 304 strani
...blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven...limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim."^[ Thus was the power of Mo* Hist, of Decl. and Fall, VoL ix. p. 285, 286. f Ac" vi"- 5l... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 596 strani
...blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven...limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim."^[ Thus was the power of Mo~ * Hist, of Dccl. and Fall, VoL 11. p. 285, 286. f Acts vi"-... | |
| John Evans - 1808 - 342 strani
...arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his sins arc forgiven at the day of judgment: his wounds shall...resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk, the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubims !" .Mr. Clarke, in his... | |
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