 | George Gregory - 1790 - 456 sider
...difficult, and the fucceis uncertain : at the diftance of twelve centuries, I darkly contemplate his fhade through a cloud of religious incenfe ; and could I...refemblance would not equally apply to the folitary of M»unt Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and to the conqueror of Arabia.— The autlor of a mighty revolution... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 646 sider
...difficult, and the fuccefs uncertain : at the diftance of twelve centuries, I darkly contemplate his ihade through a cloud of religious incenfe ; and could I...truly delineate the portrait of an hour, the fleeting lefemblance would not equally apply to the folitary of mount Hera, ta the preacher of Mecca, and to... | |
 | 1790 - 562 sider
...difficult, and the fuccefs uncertain : at the diftance of twelve c?nturies, 1 darkly contemplate his ihade through a cloud of religious incenfe ; and could I...truly delineate the portrait of an hour, the fleeting rcfcmblancc would not equally apply to the folitary of mount Her«, to the preacher of Mecca, and to... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 526 sider
...difficult, and the fuccefs uncertain : at the diftance of twelve centuries, I darkly contemplate his made through a cloud of religious incenfe ; and could I...the fleeting refemblance would not equally apply to tht folitary of mount Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and to the conqueror of Arabia. The author of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 sider
...distance of twelve centuries, I darkly contemplate his L' shade through a cloud of religious incense; and could I truly delineate the portrait of an hour, the fleeting resemblance would not equally apply to the solitary of mount Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and to... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 sider
...portrait of an CHAP. hour, the fleeting resemblance would not equal- ^.J^,, }y apply to the solitary of mount Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and to the conqueror ol Arabia. The author of a mighty revolution appears to have been endowed with a pious and contemplative... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 sider
...distance of twelve centuries, I darkly contemplate his shade through a cloud of religious incense ; and could I truly delineate the portrait of an hour, the fleeting resemblance would not equally apply to the solitary of Mount Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and to... | |
 | 1851 - 650 sider
...distance of twelve centuries I darkly contemplate his shade through a cloud of religious incense ; and could I truly delineate the portrait of an hour, the fleeting resemblance would not equally apply to the solitary of Mount Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and to... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 sider
...distance of twelve centuries I darkly contemplate his shade through a cloud of religious incense ; and could I truly delineate the portrait of an hour, the fleeting resemblance would not equally apply to the solitary of Mount Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and to... | |
 | 1856 - 796 sider
...the distance of twelve centuries I darkly contemplate his shade through a cloud of religious incense, and could I truly delineate the portrait of an hour, the fleeting resemblance would not equally apply to the solitary of Mount Hera, to the preacher of Mecca, and the... | |
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I been intimately conversant with the son of Abdallah, the task would still be difficult, and the success uncertain : at the distance of twelve centuries, I darkly contemplate his shade through a cloud of religious incense ; and could I truly delineate... 
