 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1845 - 926 pages
...party will not be a week behind you. Remember we are to be good neighbours, as well as neighbours ; and if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain." " Which means Mr. Bulstrode," said Mary Wallace with one of her sweet smiles, and one that was as open... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 664 pages
...PROVERBIAL PHRASE.—I should be obliged if I could be informed where is to be found the origin of " If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain." EVAN EVANS, RN Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill, N. SCOTCH NAMES OP FISHES.—In William Stewart's metrical... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...Chemistry of the Stars as well as of the Earth. The oft-quoted Oriental proverb, which teaches, that since the " mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain," has in this case, for once, been reversed ; for when the chemist could find no way of traveling to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1850 - 604 pages
...Chemistry of the Stars as well as of the Earth. The oft-quoted Oriental proverb, which teaches, that since the " mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain," has in this case, for once, been reversed ; for when the chemist could find no way of traveling to... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 476 pages
...will not be a week behind you. Remember, we are to be good neighbours, as well as neighbours; and, if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain." " Which means, Mr. Bulstrode," said Mary Wallace, with one of her sweet smiles, and one that was as... | |
 | George Wilson - Electricity - 1852 - 138 pages
...Chemistry of the Stars as well as of the Earth. The oft-quoted Oriental proverb, which teaches, that since the " mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain," has in this case, for once, been reversed; for : it -11 the chemist could find no way of travelling... | |
 | Christian life - 1843 - 582 pages
...could not get rid of it by looking at it, and wishing it out of the way. James had heard the saying, " If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain ;" and Sarah, who had caught something of James's habit, would add, " If you stop in the dale, you'll... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American literature - 1855 - 482 pages
...will not be a week behind you. Remember, we are to be good neighbours, as well as neighbours; and, if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain." " Which means, Mr. Bulstrode," said Mary Wallace, with one of her sweet smiles, and one that was as... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1856 - 460 pages
...their roots below the water have not as yet reached the surface, these birds, acting on the principle that "if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain," are in the habit of frequently diving to procure them, where they only then can be procured. They remain... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1857 - 560 pages
...up, swept his share of booty into his pockets, slapped his comrade on the back, and said — "Then, if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain! Hang whist, and up with rouge et noir! I have an infallible method of winning — only, it requires... | |
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Remember we are to be good neighbors as well as neighbors ; and if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. 
