A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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Page 45
... devoted an elegy to this sad memory . With ABU'L - ASWAD AL - DU'ALÎ we forsake the desert , for he was a town - dweller , a well - known citizen of Bassora , remarkable for the political part he played in connection with the Caliph ...
... devoted an elegy to this sad memory . With ABU'L - ASWAD AL - DU'ALÎ we forsake the desert , for he was a town - dweller , a well - known citizen of Bassora , remarkable for the political part he played in connection with the Caliph ...
Page 50
... devoted to the Prophet's family , and with it all a cynic , a libertine , whose sport it was to attack women's honour , who made vile use of the terror his ribald verse inspired , while he himself was a mean coward , more timorous than ...
... devoted to the Prophet's family , and with it all a cynic , a libertine , whose sport it was to attack women's honour , who made vile use of the terror his ribald verse inspired , while he himself was a mean coward , more timorous than ...
Page 53
... devoted to the memory of Tauba ibn al - Humayyir , who loved her , and suffered the anguish of seeing her married by her father to a stranger , a mean and jealous fellow , who beat her . The story goes that one night , sick of ill ...
... devoted to the memory of Tauba ibn al - Humayyir , who loved her , and suffered the anguish of seeing her married by her father to a stranger , a mean and jealous fellow , who beat her . The story goes that one night , sick of ill ...
Page 61
... devoted themselves to the study of the tradi- tions of Mahomet . He belonged to Medina , but was not a member of the irreconcilable party which regarded the Omeyyads of Damascus as usurpers . He went to Syria , was chosen by the Caliph ...
... devoted themselves to the study of the tradi- tions of Mahomet . He belonged to Medina , but was not a member of the irreconcilable party which regarded the Omeyyads of Damascus as usurpers . He went to Syria , was chosen by the Caliph ...
Page 75
... devoted to the celebration of his mistress ' charms , and not till all his praise of her is exhausted does he enter on the real subject of his poem . Now Abû'l - Atâhiya , on the contrary , devotes only a few lines to his beloved , and ...
... devoted to the celebration of his mistress ' charms , and not till all his praise of her is exhausted does he enter on the real subject of his poem . Now Abû'l - Atâhiya , on the contrary , devotes only a few lines to his beloved , and ...
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