 According to the 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...  The Quarterly review - Seite 401830Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Gibbon - 1847 - 542 Seiten
...spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded bis commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing...beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of ihe soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the familiar offices of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. as the dance ended, said that this was their constant...his life long he had made it a rule, after suppe/ eoul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the familiar offices of life... | |
 | Thomas Robert Jolliffe - 1854 - 358 Seiten
...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...flowing beard, his " countenance that painted every emotion of the soul, his " gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue." (Vol. ix. p. 256.)... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 Seiten
...Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his pl side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic...that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression o_f the tongue." In the familiar offices of life he scrupulously... | |
 | 1855 - 424 Seiten
...refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on hie side the affections of a public or a private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic...that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the f«mili»r offices of life he scrupulously... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...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...that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the familiar offices of life he scrupulously... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...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...that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the familiar offices of life he scrupulously... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1882 - 428 Seiten
...so often told that we dismiss it. In any good biography of this remarkable being you may read of ' his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his...that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue.' The creed of Mahomet is a lofty conception of... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1882 - 428 Seiten
...so often told that we dismiss it. In any good biography of this remarkable being you may read of ' his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his...that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue.' The creed of Mahomet is a lofty conception of... | |
 | John Davenport - 1869 - 198 Seiten
...he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections whether of a public or a private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic...gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance which painted every sensation of his soul, and the gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue.... | |
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