 God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven ; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs...  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Strana 130podľa Edward Gibbon - 1899Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | T. H. Hudson - 1839 - Počet stránok 338
...forgiven at the day of judgment ; his wounds shall be resplendent as vermillion, and odoriferous as musk ; the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubims !" Unless ignorance is bliss and the parent of devotion, — unless superstition can originate... | |
 | 1839 - Počet stránok 268
...day of judgment, his wounds shall be resplendent as vermillion, and as odoriferous as musk ; and tho loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubims." In the year 628, he led his army against Chacabar, a city of Arab Jews, which was carried... | |
 | Josiah Litch - 1842 - Počet stránok 264
...forgiven at the day oi judgment: at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk, and- the" loss of his limbs...painted on their imagination ; and the DEATH -which they ahoays despised became an object of hope and DESIRE." Verse 7: "And the shapes of the locusts were... | |
 | John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw - 1842 - Počet stránok 256
...tattle his sins are forgiven ; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermillion and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied with the wings of angels and cherubim." This delusion overran several countries where Christianity... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - Počet stránok 550
...battle, his sins are forgiven : at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the v ings of angels and cherubim." The intrepid souls of the Arabs were fired with enthusiasm : (12П)... | |
 | John Evans - 1844 - Počet stránok 300
...forgiven at the day of judgment; his wounds shall be resplendent as vermillion, and odoriferous as musk ; the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubims !" The following specimen of the young Mussulman's creed is extracted from a catechism, said... | |
 | 1844 - Počet stránok 490
...the forgiveness of his sins ; at the day of judgment, his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be replaced by wings of angels and cherubim." The romance of Paradise which Mohammed had the extravagance... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1844 - Počet stránok 546
...vermilion and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the v ings of angela and cherubim." The intrepid souls of the Arabs were fired with enthusiasm : (123) The viiith and i«h chapters of the Koran are the loudest and most vehement ; and Maracct (Prodromus,... | |
 | William Paley - 1845 - Počet stránok 270
...battle, his sins are forgiven at the day of judgment ; his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubims.' Gibbon, »ol. ix. S56. | Sale's Koran, c. iii. p. 54. V Ib. c. iv. p. 63. ** Gibbet »,il... | |
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