How To Use Mahomet In A Sentence
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Adeo ubique (as [6408] Scaliger writes of the Mahometan priests), tum gentium tum locorum, gens ista sacrorum ministra, vulgi secat spes, ad ea quae ipsi fingunt somnia, so cunningly can they gull the commons in all places and countries.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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Its distinguished history has made shampoo a grand Global English word, or rather a Hindi word anglicized and reinvented by speakers of English, from the days of the East India Company and Sake Dean Mahomet to the scientists and marketing wizards of corporate America.4
The English Is Coming!
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The Arabs are especially fond of relics; thus, upon the return from a pilgrimage to Mecca, the "hadji" or pilgrim is certain to have purchased from some religious Faky of the sacred shrine either a few square inches of cloth, or some such trifle, that belonged to the prophet Mahomet.
In the Heart of Africa
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I could long for a Mahomet, whose persuasive eloquence, with wild-flashing heart and scimiter, is, 'Wretched moral, give up that; or by the Eternal, thy maker and mine, I will kill thee!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
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No doubt the whole 'corpus dogmatum,' so supported, will, by the entire body of such believers, be eaten up; just as was the Mahometan hog, so humorously referred to by Cowper; but even that had not all its 'forbidden parts' miraculously shown to be 'unforbidden' to different minds!
The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic
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You would suppose that this declaration, so clearly enounced, and that, too, in a place where Mahometanism is perhaps more supreme than in any other part of the empire, would have sufficed to have confirmed the pretensions of the lover.
Eothen
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‘simony’; Mahomet a ‘mammet’ or ‘maumet’, meaning an idol {95}, and
English Past and Present
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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Inest enim ijs falsa persuasio ita vt putent vnumquemque in ea qua natus est secta posse beari, si susceptam seruauerit illibatè: ideoque probant ab opposito se esse bonos, quia, sicut dicunt, obseruant scripta legis præcepta et ceremonias sancti libri sui à Deo sibi transmissi per beatum nuncium suum Mahomet.
The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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Heraclius in the warres againste the Persians: when he had gotten the victory, and thei perceiued them selues to be defrauded by him: kindled with the angre of the villanye thei had done vnto them, by the counsell and persuasion of Mahomet (who tooke vppon him to be their captaine) thei forsoke Heraclius.
The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
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But the slave, perceiving that the zamorin seemed inclined to deal favourably with them, went to the cady or chief priest of the Mahometans, and told him all that he had said to the zamorin, adding that the two Christians had disclosed all their secrets to the Portuguese.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
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Mahomet would have ranked only as a Christian heresiarch or schismatic; such as Nestorius or Marcian at one time, such as Arius or Pelagius at another.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348
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Let the scoffer about Mahomet's success, and the admirer of his hotchpot
Probabilities : An aid to Faith
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The strength of the walls resisted an army of two hundred thousand Turks; their assaults were repelled by the sallies of the Greeks and their foreign mercenaries; the old resources of defence were opposed to the new engines of attack; and the enthusiasm of the dervis, who was snatched to heaven in visionary converse with Mahomet, was answered by the credulity of the Christians, who _beheld_ the Virgin
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6
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Robespierre, qui fait expier par un roi {les fautes et} les vices de toute une dynastie; quelquefois c’est un enthousiaste religieux comme Mahomet, ou Pierre l’Hermite, qui, avec le seul levier de la pensee, souleve des nations entieres, les deracine et les transplante dans des climats nouveaux, PEUPLANT
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
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Mahometan miracle, and had in express terms contradicted it, with the same certainty as they have for the miracle they relate.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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What!" said the Sultan to himself, "shall I, for the gratification of my passion, give up the glories of my father's kingdom, and the viceregency of Mahomet?
Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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A general synod can alone consummate the union of the churches; nor can such a synod be held till the three Oriental patriarchs, and a great number of bishops, are enfranchised from the Mahometan yoke.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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Chinese, and Roman Catholic, who have related any miracle in their particular religion; I say, we are to regard their testimony in the same light as if they had mentioned that Mahometan miracle, and had in express terms contradicted it, with the same certainty as they have for the miracle they relate.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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Adeo ubique (as [6408] Scaliger writes of the Mahometan priests), tum gentium tum locorum, gens ista sacrorum ministra, vulgi secat spes, ad ea quae ipsi fingunt somnia, so cunningly can they gull the commons in all places and countries.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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God, and voyde of all earthly corruption: had there no sepulchre in very diede, for that he being a spirituall body conceiued by the breathe of the holy ghost coulde not suffre, but should come againe to be iudge of the Gentiles: This saieth Segonius, and many other thinges sounding to like effecte: whiche the Mahometeines are wonte to throwe out against the Christians, bothe foolisshely and wickedly.
The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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After many fruitless attempts to gain admittance to the prison, he found a strongly grated window in an unguarded part of the building, which lighted the dungeon of the unfortunate Mahometan; who, loaded with chains, waited in despair the execution of the barbarous sentence.
Chapter 14
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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The refusal to pray for an unbelieving kindred is justified, according to Mahomet, by the duty of a prophet, and the example of Abraham, who reprobated his own father as an enemy of God.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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When a Mahometan has killed a certain number of infidels, he is sure of Paradise, no matter what his sins may be��the ordinary Musselman takes the precept in broader acceptation, and counts women and children as well.
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Mahomet-Mollah, who was a cadi in the aoul of Jarach, in the khanate of
Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
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The respect in which the synedrial president was held rapidly increased; like Christian patriarchs under Mahometan rule, he was also recognised by the imperial government as the municipal head of the Jews of Palestine, and bore the secular title of the old high priests (nasi, ethnarch, patriarch).
Prolegomena
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We already possessed Pera; the Golden Horn itself, the city, bastioned by the sea, and the ivy-mantled walls of the Greek emperors was all of Europe that the Mahometans could call theirs.
The Last Man
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Wherefore, hereditary succession in the early ages of monarchy could not take place as a matter of claim, but as something casual or complemental; but as few or no records were extant in those days, the traditionary history stuff'd with fables, it was very easy, after the lapse of a few generations, to trump up some superstitious tale conveniently timed, Mahomet-like, to cram hereditary right down the throats of the vulgar.
Common Sense
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And after this Mahomet fell oft in the epileptical passion, and when the lady his wife saw him oft fall, she was much sorrowful that she had wedded him.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7
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Inest enim ijs falsa persuasio ita vt putent vnumquemque in ea qua natus est secta posse beari, si susceptam seruauerit illibat� ideoque probant ab opposito se esse bonos, quia, sicut dicunt, obseruant scripta legis pr鎐epta et ceremonias sancti libri sui � Deo sibi transmissi per beatum nuncium suum Mahomet.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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That of the sultana Valida is the largest of all, built entirely of marble, the most prodigious, and, I think, the most beautiful structure I ever saw, be it spoken to the honour of our sex, for it was founded by the mother of Mahomet IV.
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
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Alla, Mahomet resul Alla_; that is, There is no God but God, and Mahomet is the ambassador of God.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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It may be a corruption of Mahomet "Mohammed", or even a combination of two greek words, baphe and metis, meaning 'absorption of knowledge'.
Blingdom of God
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But the slave, perceiving that the zamorin seemed inclined to deal favourably with them, went to the cady or chief priest of the Mahometans, and told him all that he had said to the zamorin, adding that the two Christians had disclosed all their secrets to the Portuguese.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
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a Mahometan Paradise, its Pleasures are represented as pure and spiritual; such as exalt our
Heaven the residence of the saints
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‘simony’; Mahomet a ‘mammet’ or ‘maumet’, meaning an idol {95}, and
English Past and Present
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The doctrine of eternal decrees and absolute predestination is strictly embraced by the Mahometans; and they struggle, with the common difficulties, how to reconcile the prescience of God with the freedom and responsibility of man; how to explain the permission of evil under the reign of infinite power and infinite goodness.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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Two professed Lives of Mahomet have been composed by Dr. Prideaux (Life of Mahomet, seventh edition, London, 1718, in octavo) and the count de Boulainvilliers, (Vie de Mahomed, Londres, 1730, in octavo:) but the adverse wish of finding an impostor or a hero, has too often corrupted the learning of the doctor and the ingenuity of the count.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Heraclius in the warres againste the Persians: when he had gotten the victory, and thei perceiued them selues to be defrauded by him: kindled with the angre of the villanye thei had done vnto them, by the counsell and persuasion of Mahomet (who tooke vppon him to be their captaine) thei forsoke Heraclius.
The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
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The professional accoucheur is unknown among Mahometans, who only engage midwives, these however being incredibly ignorant.
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess
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Justinian, was the same through which the Mahometans penetrated into the empire.] 91 The expression of Procopius is remarkable.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Nostra memoria Mahometes Othomannus qui Graeciae imperium subvertit, cum oratorum postulata audiret externarum gentium, cochlearia lignea assidue caelabat, aut aliquid in tabula affingebat.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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I Don't like the Mahomet , I negative the Muslim!
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Yet an obstinate remnant still adhered to the religion and liberty of their ancestors, and the war of Honain derived a proper appellation from the idols, whom Mahomet had vowed to destroy, and whom the confederates of Tayef had sworn to defend.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
