 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 - Pagina 401830Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 428 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1893 - 460 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - 1896 - 536 pagina’s
...has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of every 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... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Charles Cassal - 1899 - 184 pagina’s
...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...beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of his soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the familiar offices of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 640 pagina’s
...affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, hia piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard,...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 570 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1906 - 612 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Archibald Henry Sayce - 1906 - 612 pagina’s
...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... | |
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