A History of Arabic LiteratureKhayats, 1966 - 478 pages |
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Page 36
... verses of the Tôrâ , pass through all the pro- phetic inspiration that gravitated round Jerusalem , and so descend to the Gospels . The sentences are cut up into verses , very short verses at first , then very long . The rhymed prose is ...
... verses of the Tôrâ , pass through all the pro- phetic inspiration that gravitated round Jerusalem , and so descend to the Gospels . The sentences are cut up into verses , very short verses at first , then very long . The rhymed prose is ...
Page 54
... verses of the tribe of Azd . Nabigha had replied , and all this happened at Ispahan . The verses circulated through the desert , and the censured tribes threatened an appeal to the Governor of Medina , or even to the Caliph . Amongst ...
... verses of the tribe of Azd . Nabigha had replied , and all this happened at Ispahan . The verses circulated through the desert , and the censured tribes threatened an appeal to the Governor of Medina , or even to the Caliph . Amongst ...
Page 117
... verses to his friend , who inserted some of them in his Biographical Dictionary . When , after his patron's death , he retired from public life , his want of occupation weighed heavily upon him . He suffered from a disease of the eyes ...
... verses to his friend , who inserted some of them in his Biographical Dictionary . When , after his patron's death , he retired from public life , his want of occupation weighed heavily upon him . He suffered from a disease of the eyes ...
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