The Moslem Noble: His Land and His People, with Some Notices of the Parsees Or Ancient PersiansSaunders and Otley, 1857 - 192 pages |
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The Moslem Noble: His Land and People; With Some Notices of the Parsees, Or ... Mrs. Marianne Young No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 26 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
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