 Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded...  An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran - Page 11by John Davenport - 1869 - 182 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...Orient. p. 204. ..211), Maracci (tom. ip 10. ..14), and Gagnier (Vie de Mahomet, tom. ip S7...134). CHAP, has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 526 pages
...tradition of his compamons, the pro- Mahomet J was distinguished by the beauty of his person, anoutward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to...spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 488 pages
...204 — 211), Maracci (torn. ip 10— 14), and Gagnier, (Vie de Mahomet, torn. ip 97—134.) CHAP, to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator ^^^ engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...contradictory characters given of him by historians. According to the tradition of his companions, Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an...those to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, his appearance and address engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They... | |
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - Theology - 1820 - 558 pages
...traditions of his companions, he was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an out* ward gift which i& seldom despised except by those to whom it has been...spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic * The prophetic... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 540 pages
...tradition of his companions, Maho- Qnaiifioamet* was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an prophet, outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those...spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing... | |
 | Thomas R. Joliffe - Egypt - 1822 - 534 pages
...historian thus delineates the son ofAbdallah: " According to the tradition of his companions, Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an...spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing... | |
 | Thomas R. Jolliffe, Thomas Robert Jolliffe - Albania - 1827 - 304 pages
...reproached the people of the American States with their " want of ancestry /" — a recommendation, indeed, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been denied. — The States of Greece seem to have been very anxious to guard against a similar imputation... | |
 | Thomas Robert Jolliffe - 1827 - 314 pages
...reproached the people of the American States with their " want of ancestry!"— a recommendation, indeed, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been denied.—The States of Greece seem to have been very anxious to guard against a similar imputation... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1830 - 442 pages
...and proclaimed the religion of the Koran. According to the tradition of his companions, Mahomet(4) was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an...spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing... | |
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