 | Edward Gibbon - 1789 - 424 pages
...fchool of genius ; and the uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a fmgle artift. From his eailieft youth , Mahomet was addicted to religious contemplation...Cadijah : in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca 7!, he confulted the fpirit of fraud or enthufiafm , whofe abode is not in the heavens, but in the... | |
 | George Gregory - 1790 - 456 pages
...fchool of genius ; and the uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a fmgle artift. From- his earlieft youth, Mahomet was addicted to religious contemplation:...: in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he confnlted the fpirit of fraud or enthufiafm, whofe abode is not in the heavens, but in the mind of... | |
 | 1792 - 822 pages
...uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a ñngle artiít. From his earliett youth, Mahomet was addifted to religious contemplation : each year, during the...: in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he confulted the fpirit of fraud or enthufiafm, u hole abode is not in the heavens, but in the mird of... | |
 | George Gregory - 1795 - 582 pages
...of genius ; and the uni-" formity of a work denotes the hand of a fingle artift. From his earlieft youth, Mahomet was addicted to . religious contemplation...: in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he confulted the fpirit of fraud or enthufiafm, whofe abode was not in the hea-' vens, but in the mind... | |
 | 1832 - 852 pages
...bottomless pit. " Each year," says Gibbon, " during the month of Ramadan, he withdrew from the world ; and in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he consulted the spirit of fraud or enthusiasm, whose abode is not in the heaven, but in the mind of the prophet." (chap. 1.) " And there came out of the smoke... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 526 pages
...fchool of genius j ^ and the uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a fmgle artift. From his earlieft youth, Mahomet was addicted to religious contemplation:...each year, during the month of Ramadan, he withdrew 7* I am not at Icifure to purfue the fables or conjectures which name the ftrangers accufed or fufpected... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 524 pages
...uniformity of ,a -work denotes the hand of a fmgle artift. From his earlieft youth, Mahomet •was addicled to religious contemplation : each year, during the month of Ramadan, he withdrew I1 I am not at leifure to purfue the fables or conjeftures which name the ftrnngers accufeil or fufpeftcd... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 pages
...all the Arabian writers, both Mahome.ans and Christians (Gagnier ad Abulfcd. p. 10). CHAP, From liis earliest youth, Mahomet was addicted to religious...of Cadijah: in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca,73 he consulted the spirit of fraud or enthusiasm, -whose abode is not in the heavens, but in... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 370 pages
...From his earliest youth, Mohammed was addicted to religious contemplation : each year during the month Ramadan, he withdrew from the world, and from the arms of Cadijah ; and in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca, he laid the plans of his future conduct. Mohammed,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pages
...understanding, but solitude is the school of genius ; and the uniformity of a work denotes the hand of a single artist. From his earliest youth, Mahomet was addicted...each year, during the month of Ramadan, he withdrew S 2 from * I am not at leisure to pursue the fables or conjectures which name the strangers accused... | |
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Mecca, he consulted the spirit of fraud or enthusiasm, whose abode is not in the heavens but in the mind of the prophet. The faith which, under the name of Islam,* he preached to his family and nation, is compounded of an eternal truth, and a necessary... 
