 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 526 pages
...of his companions, the pro- Mahomet | was distinguished by the beauty of his person, anoutward 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... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...tradition of his companions, 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, his appearance and address engaged on his side the affections of a public or private... | |
 | Thomas R. Joliffe - Egypt - 1822 - 534 pages
...tradition of his companions, 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | English essays - 1839 - 724 pages
...prophet is represented as distinguished by the beauty of his person ; " an outward gift," says Gibbon, "which is seldom despised except by those to whom it has been refused ;" whence 1, naturally enough, inferred that the advantage had not been wholly denied to himself. But... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...tradition of his companions, Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person — an outward gift till, And listens like a three-years' child ; The mariner hath his wil Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They... | |
 | Martin Ruter - Church history - 1845 - 458 pages
...companions," says Mr. Gibbon, " Mohammed 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... | |
 | Thomas Robert Jolliffe - 1854 - 358 pages
...tradition of his companions, Mahomet " wan 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... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...tradition of hie companions, 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 hie side the affections of a public or a private audience. They... | |
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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... 
