Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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... give sentence . When passes a lord of our line , in his stead there rises straight a lord to say the say and do the deeds of the noble . Our beacon is never quenched to the wanderer of the night , nor has ever a guest blamed us where ...
... give sentence . When passes a lord of our line , in his stead there rises straight a lord to say the say and do the deeds of the noble . Our beacon is never quenched to the wanderer of the night , nor has ever a guest blamed us where ...
Page xviii
... give them proof of the truth of what he says . But as for my people , though their number be not small , they are good for nought against evil , however light it be ; They requite with forgiveness the wrong of those that do them wrong ...
... give them proof of the truth of what he says . But as for my people , though their number be not small , they are good for nought against evil , however light it be ; They requite with forgiveness the wrong of those that do them wrong ...
Page xix
... give up a guest ; the treachery was rare , and brought endless dishonour upon the clan in which the shame had taken place . The poet extols the tents- Where dwells a kin great of heart , whose word is enough to shield whom they shelter ...
... give up a guest ; the treachery was rare , and brought endless dishonour upon the clan in which the shame had taken place . The poet extols the tents- Where dwells a kin great of heart , whose word is enough to shield whom they shelter ...
Page xx
... his opponent , who then turned and said , ' Ḥátim , give me thy spear . ' At once he threw it to him , leaving himself defenceless ; and had he not met an adversary worthy of himself , this had been the last of XX INTRODUCTION .
... his opponent , who then turned and said , ' Ḥátim , give me thy spear . ' At once he threw it to him , leaving himself defenceless ; and had he not met an adversary worthy of himself , this had been the last of XX INTRODUCTION .
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... give nor their women to deny ; for the chastity of the women of the clan was reckoned only next to the valour and generosity of the men . In those days bastardy was an indelible stain . It was the wife who inspired the hero to deeds of ...
... give nor their women to deny ; for the chastity of the women of the clan was reckoned only next to the valour and generosity of the men . In those days bastardy was an indelible stain . It was the wife who inspired the hero to deeds of ...
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