 IT is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up and. lay it aside carefully, as not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran.  Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land - Page 362by William Rae Wilson - 1824 - 452 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...our ears. FRANCIS. IT is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up and lay it aside carefully,...not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. I must confess I have so much of the Mussulman in me, that I cannot forbear looking into every... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...our ears. FRANCIS. IT is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up and lay it aside carefully,...not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. I must confess I have so much of the Mussulman in me, that I cannot forbear looking into every... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 542 pages
...&c. It is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see upon the ground, any printed or written paper, to take it up, and lay it aside carefully, as not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. The laws of nature are, truly, what lord Bacon styles his aphorisms, laws of laws. Civil laws... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...nvgcrque canorce. HOR. IT is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up, and lay it aside carefully,...not knowing but it may , contain some piece of their Alcoran. I must confess I 1 have so much of the Mussulman in me, that I cannot forbear looking into... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...nugceqve canorce, Hos. JT is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up, and lay it aside carefully,...not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. I must confess I have so much of the Mussulman in me, that I cannot forbear looking into every... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1812 - 224 pages
...subsistence, &c. • It is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up, and lay it aside carefully,...not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. The laws of nature are, truly, what lord Bacon styles his aphorisms, laws of laws. Civil laws... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 308 pages
...subsistence, &c. It is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up, and lay it aside carefully,...not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. The laws of nature are, truly, what lord Bacon styles his aphorisms, laws of laws. Civil laws... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 190 pages
...Sec. It is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see upon the ground, any printed or written paper, to take it up, and lay it aside carefully, as not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. The laws of nature are, truly, what lord Bacon styles his aphorisms, laws of laws. Civil laws... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...Guardian, No. 162. It is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up, and lay it aside carefully,...not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran. Spectator, No. 85. The arrangement here leads to a wrong sense, as if the ground were taken... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1816 - 788 pages
...and circumstances. It is tli9 cuttom of the Mahometan«, if they 9n any printed or written psprr upon the ground, to take it up and lay it aside carefully, as not liiowinr but it maj contain come peire of the Alcoran. ÂDDISON. If a loose and careless life Ins brought... | |
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