A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... off , women and children carried away into slavery , and now and again a general massacre . The poetry of these same brigands is by no means the least charming among that which has come down to us THE CLIMATE AND THE RACE 3.
... off , women and children carried away into slavery , and now and again a general massacre . The poetry of these same brigands is by no means the least charming among that which has come down to us THE CLIMATE AND THE RACE 3.
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... carried negroes to Arabian soil . It is a curious fact that the Arabs themselves ascribe pure Arab blood to the Yemen populations , whom we know to be allied by race and dialect with the Ethiopians ; and accept as a more recent source ...
... carried negroes to Arabian soil . It is a curious fact that the Arabs themselves ascribe pure Arab blood to the Yemen populations , whom we know to be allied by race and dialect with the Ethiopians ; and accept as a more recent source ...
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... carried the wines grown on the banks of the great river and ripened in their own cellars . These ' Ibâds were Chris- tians , and we shall shortly see that it was these wine merchants who , when they sold the Bedouins the enchanting 6 ...
... carried the wines grown on the banks of the great river and ripened in their own cellars . These ' Ibâds were Chris- tians , and we shall shortly see that it was these wine merchants who , when they sold the Bedouins the enchanting 6 ...
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... carried away by the exuberance of their own eager but childish nature . ZUHAIR ibn Abî Sulmâ , of the tribe of Muzaina , is , with Imru'u'l - Qais and Nâbigha Dhubyânî , one of the three great poets of the Arab tribes . It is hard to ...
... carried away by the exuberance of their own eager but childish nature . ZUHAIR ibn Abî Sulmâ , of the tribe of Muzaina , is , with Imru'u'l - Qais and Nâbigha Dhubyânî , one of the three great poets of the Arab tribes . It is hard to ...
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... carrying a knife under his armpit . Like ' Antara , he was a mulatto , like him , he was a wandering paladin , and if he has not attained a like celebrity , it is because no popular romance carried his name to distant lands . There is a ...
... carrying a knife under his armpit . Like ' Antara , he was a mulatto , like him , he was a wandering paladin , and if he has not attained a like celebrity , it is because no popular romance carried his name to distant lands . There is a ...
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