| John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 páginas
...his horse into the waves, and, raising his eyes to Heaven, exclaimed, with the tone of a fanatic, " Great God ! If my course were not stopped by this...the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than thee ! " Gibbon, vol. 9. /. 457. octavo. NOTE VIII. p. 25. " Close by Obolla's lucid stream. "'... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 páginas
...were not stopped by this sea, I would " still go on, to the unknown kingdoms of the West, preach" ing the unity of thy holy name, and putting to the sword...the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than " thee."153 Yet this Mahometan Alexander, who sighed for new worlds, was unable to preserve his... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 páginas
...his horse into the waves, and raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed with the tone of a fanatic : " Great " God ! if my course were not stopped by this...the rebellious " nations who worship any other gods than " thee *." Yet this Mahometan Alexander, who sighed for new worlds, was unable to preserve his... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 páginas
...tone of •& £anafis<1 " Great " God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, " I would'still go on, to the unknown kingdoms **• of the West,...the rebellious " nations who worship any other gods than " thee *." Yet this Mahometan Alexander, who sighed for new worlds, was unable to preservehis... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 488 páginas
...of a fanatic: " Great God ! if my course " were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on, to fi the unknown kingdoms of the West, preaching the "...•• rebellious nations who worship any other gods than " thee1"." Yet this Mahometan Alexander, wl^o sighed for new worlds, was unable to preserve his... | |
| George Wilson Bridges - 1828 - 524 páginas
...Western world, exclaimed in the language of a fanatic, " Great God! if my course were not stopped by the sea, I would still go on to the unknown kingdoms of...the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than Thee." (See NOVAIRI, ajnid Otter, tom. ip 119.) The Moorish blood of Spain was, seven hundred... | |
| William Sullivan - 1838 - 640 páginas
...general Akbah. Spurring his horse into the Atlantic, and raising his eyes to heaven, he exclaimed, — " Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this...the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than thee." In their course along the Mediterranean Sea, these Arabs had passed over Carthage, which... | |
| P A. Beddome - 1844 - 280 páginas
...spurred his horse into the waves, and raising his eyes to heaven exclaimed, with the tone of a fanatic, " Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this...the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than Thee !" 1 50. Who was Tarik ? A dauntless and skilful soldier, who commanded five thousand veterans... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 830 páginas
..." Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the unknown regions of the West, preaching the unity of Thy holy name,...the rebellious nations who worship any other Gods than Thee !" Notwithstanding this aspiration, the triumphal ardour Vicisaof Akbah was checked in the... | |
| Muḥammad (the prophet.) - 1799 - 202 páginas
...the waves of the Atlantic, and, raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed, " Great God! if my course was not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the...rebellious nations who worship any other gods but Thee!" This zealous Mohammedan built the city of Kairouan, for the purpose of keeping the surrounding countries... | |
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