| Washington Irving - 1850 - 512 páginas
...Islam. He had shrewd maxims on which he squared his conduct, of which the following is a specimen. " Four things come not back: the spoken word ; the sped...arrow; the past life ; and the neglected opportunity." During his reign mosques were erected without number for the instruction and devotion of the faithful,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 516 páginas
...Islam. He had shrewd maxims on which he squared his conduct, of which the following is a specimen. " Four things come not back : the spoken word ; the...arrow ; the past life, and the neglected opportunity." During his reign mosques were erected without number for the instruction and devotion of the faithful,... | |
| 1857 - 626 páginas
...are four things that come not back," said the great Abu Bekar, the caliph who succeeded Mahomet — " the spoken word •, the sped arrow ; the past life ; and the neglected opportunity." It is for Her Majesty's government now to decide whether that opportunity will pass unheeded, or whether... | |
| Church of England sunday school institute - 1862 - 942 páginas
...speech added much to his influence, the following proverbs giving evidence of his shrewdness tha way. "Four things come not back ; the spoken word, the...arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity ;" axioms that we, with Christian privileges, may remember with advantage. On his assumption of the... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 280 páginas
...Islam. He had shrewd maxims, on which he squared his conduct, of which the following is a specimen: "Four things come not back — the spoken word ; the...arrow ; the past life; and the neglected opportunity." During his reign mosques were erected without number for the instruction and devotion of the faithful,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1861 - 512 páginas
...Islam. He had shrewd maxims on which he squared his conduct, of which the following is a specimen. " Four things come not back : the spoken word ; the...arrow ; the past life, and the neglected opportunity." During his reign mosques were erected without number for the instruction and devotion of the faithful,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1864 - 522 páginas
...He had shrewd maxims on which he squared his conduct, of which the following is a specimen. " Foui things come not back : the spoken word ; the sped...arrow ; the past life, and the neglected opportunity." During his reign mosques were erected without number for tho instruction and devotion of the faithful,... | |
| Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 páginas
...that he may talk gently with him, and may again give him life. Jean Paul. F 'OUR things come not backj the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. OINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Since life's... | |
| 1869 - 878 páginas
...making that Hie drudgery, and beside leaving no time for intellectual improvement and enjoyment. " Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped...arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. — Prophet Omer. LONDON YEARLY MEETING. (ConeliKlMl from i>tp« 232.) DOCUMENT OS THE MIM.-n;U " There... | |
| Washington Irving - 1869 - 552 páginas
...He had shrewd maxims on which he squared his conduct, of which the following is a specimen. " Foui things come not back : the spoken word ; the sped...arrow ; the past life, and the neglected opportunity." During his reign mosques were erected without number for tho instruction and devotion of the faithful,... | |
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