Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page v
... native commentary , and partly by reason of the preference shown for the doctrinal over the poetical passages , the book went into scholars ' hands rather than into the libraries of the general reading public . It has proved of con-
... native commentary , and partly by reason of the preference shown for the doctrinal over the poetical passages , the book went into scholars ' hands rather than into the libraries of the general reading public . It has proved of con-
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... hand , but I hope the sketch may serve as a not quite useless introduction to a volume of typical selec- tions from a book which , in the peculiar character of its contents and the extraordinary power of its influence , has not its ...
... hand , but I hope the sketch may serve as a not quite useless introduction to a volume of typical selec- tions from a book which , in the peculiar character of its contents and the extraordinary power of its influence , has not its ...
Page xi
... hands even the superb Alexander , had he lived to test his dream , might for once have learnt the lesson of defeat ... hand in either cause ; -Arabia was at length to issue forth from its silent mystery , and after baffling for a ...
... hands even the superb Alexander , had he lived to test his dream , might for once have learnt the lesson of defeat ... hand in either cause ; -Arabia was at length to issue forth from its silent mystery , and after baffling for a ...
Page xvi
... hands upon her . He begs her to take off the garment on which he has set his heart , and he then retires to a distance and stands with eyes averted , lest he should do violence to her modesty . ' The poems of the early Arabs are full of ...
... hands upon her . He begs her to take off the garment on which he has set his heart , and he then retires to a distance and stands with eyes averted , lest he should do violence to her modesty . ' The poems of the early Arabs are full of ...
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... hand -— Ḥátim filled up the measure of Arab virtue by his eloquence , and such of his poems as have come down to us reflect the nobility of his life . As a youth he had shown a strong passion for poetry , and would spare no means of ...
... hand -— Ḥátim filled up the measure of Arab virtue by his eloquence , and such of his poems as have come down to us reflect the nobility of his life . As a youth he had shown a strong passion for poetry , and would spare no means of ...
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