| Voltaire - 1763 - 290 trang
...exprefllon ufed by thofe of his nation. *' Though ye were to come againft me, fays " he, with the fun in one hand, and the moon " in 'the other, I would not depart from my " purpofe." * * * Id. page 45.] Mahomet undoubtedly was neither ignorant nor illiterate, as fome have... | |
| Voltaire - 1763 - 290 trang
...expreffion ufed by thofe of his nation. " Though ye were to come againft me, fays " he, with the fun in one hand, and the moon " in the other, I would not depart from my " purpofe." He had raifed only fixteen difciples, four of which were women, when he was obliged to... | |
| 1813 - 496 trang
...beginning nor end; and sometimes a wheel or hoop of marble. On this medal is a representation of Eternity, with the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, which, in the language of sacred poetry, signifies, " as long as the sun and moon shall endure." The... | |
| Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1820 - 464 trang
...four compartments of this first Loggia. In one of these, painted by Giulio Romano, he is represented with the sun in one hand, and the moon in the other, kicking the earth to its place with his feet. Not even Raphael's pencil can reconcile me to any representation... | |
| Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1822 - 494 trang
...four compartments of this first Loggia. In one of these, painted by Giuilo Romano, he is represented with the sun in one hand, and the moon in the other, kicking the earth to its place with his feet. Not even Raphael's pencil can reconcile me to any representation... | |
| Sutherland Menzies - 1877 - 386 trang
...nephew, and entreated him to abandon his design. " If any one should come to me," replied Mahomet, " with the sun in one hand, and the moon in the other, I would not draw back." The Koran.— Mahomet had the gift of poetry. He dictated according to the impressions... | |
| 1886 - 492 trang
...from being simply Prophecy. Its first diagram represents P'an Ku, the first of mortals, as standing with the Sun in one hand and the Moon in the other! But whether it be regarded as a compendium of History or of Prophecy the average student of this work... | |
| Victor Duruy - 1891 - 664 trang
...Abu-Talib trembled for his nephew and besought him to abandon his plan. " If some one should come to me with the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, I should not draw back," answered Mohammed. The Koreishites persecuted him, and he could not go into... | |
| Sir Walter Roper Lawrence - 1895 - 530 trang
...Jaldeo entrenched himself in low ground near the Hari-Parbat, and though the gods searched for him with the sun in one hand and the moon in the other the demon baffled them. But at last the goddess Parvatf dropped a mountain on top of him, crushing... | |
| Arthur H. Smith - 1914 - 430 trang
...from being simply prophecy. Its first diagram represents P'an Ku, the first of mortals, as standing with the sun in one hand and the moon in the other! But whether it be regarded as a compendium of history or of prophecy, the average student of this work... | |
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