 God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, " I would still go on, to the unknown kingdoms " of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy " name, and putting to the sword the rebellious " nations who worship any other gods than " thee *." Yet this...  Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Side 1931850Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 522 sider
...spurred his horse into the waves, and raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed with the tone of a fanatic : "Great God! if my course were not stopped by this...preaching the unity of thy holy name, and putting to the »word the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than thee."( 153) Yet this Mahometan Alexander,... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1834 - 432 sider
...waves, and raising his eyes to heaven, he exclaimed, with the enthusiasm of the Macedonian madman, " Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this...sword the rebellious nations who worship any other gods but thee !" It was on the banks of the Sus, which falls into the Atlantic not far from the Canary... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1838 - 640 sider
...general Akbah. Spurring his horse into the Atlantic, and raising his eyes to heaven, he exclaimed, — " Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this...sword the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than thee." In their course along the Mediterranean Sea, these Arabs had passed over Carthage,... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 290 sider
...his horse into the waves, and, raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed, " Great God! if my course was not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the...sword the rebellious nations who worship any other god but thee." Mohammed Ben Cassam remarks, that Yezid was the first of the caliphs who drank wine, and... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 518 sider
...his horse into the waves, and raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed, " Great God, if my course was not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the...sword the rebellious nations who worship any other god but thee." Mohammed Ben Cassem remarks, that Yezid was the first of the caliphs who drank wine, and... | |
 | Samuel Green (Baptist minister, Lion St. Chapel, Walworth.) - 1840 - 442 sider
...arrived at the Atlantic Ocean, he spurred his horse into it, exclaiming, " Great God ! were not my course stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the unknown...sword the rebellious nations who worship any other God but thee." The conquest of Spain, which had already been repeatedly subdued by the Carthaginians, the... | |
 | Samuel Green - 1840 - 430 sider
...arrived at the Atlantic Ocean, he spurred his horse into it, exclaiming, " Great God! were not my course stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the unknown...preaching the unity of thy holy name, and putting to the eword the rebellious nations who worship any other God but thee." The conquest of Spain, which had... | |
 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - 280 sider
...spurred his horse into the waves, and raising his eyes to heaven exclaimed, with the tone of a fanatic, " Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this...sword the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than Thee !" 1 50. Who was Tarik ? A dauntless and skilful soldier, who commanded five thousand... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 830 sider
...horse into the waves, he exclaimed, as he raised his eyes to Heaven in a transport of fanaticism, " Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the unknown regions of the West, preaching the unity of Thy holy name, and putting to the sword the rebellious... | |
 | Muḥammad (the prophet.) - 1799 - 202 sider
...the waves of the Atlantic, and, raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed, " Great God! if my course was not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the...sword the rebellious nations who worship any other gods but Thee!" This zealous Mohammedan built the city of Kairouan, for the purpose of keeping the... | |
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