Islam in English LiteratureCaravan Books, 1977 - 275 pages |
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Page xi
... Muḥammad and Islam expressed by Thomas Carlyle in his lecture , " The Hero as Prophet . Mahomet : Islam , " the second in the series entitled On Heroes , Hero- Worship , and the Heroic in History ( 1840 ) . Carlyle's lecture , by ...
... Muḥammad and Islam expressed by Thomas Carlyle in his lecture , " The Hero as Prophet . Mahomet : Islam , " the second in the series entitled On Heroes , Hero- Worship , and the Heroic in History ( 1840 ) . Carlyle's lecture , by ...
Page 37
... Muḥammad , not venturing to com- pete with Prideaux in this respect , for , to judge from his attitude toward the Saracens , he would have painted Muḥammad's portrait in far brighter colors than Prideaux did . Though a few protests ...
... Muḥammad , not venturing to com- pete with Prideaux in this respect , for , to judge from his attitude toward the Saracens , he would have painted Muḥammad's portrait in far brighter colors than Prideaux did . Though a few protests ...
Page 248
... Muḥammad : " The world of Islam deems it the gem of English literature . " It is , perhaps , ungracious to quarrel with a metaphor , and if Wilson had called it " a gem , " rather than " the gem , ' his statement would be ...
... Muḥammad : " The world of Islam deems it the gem of English literature . " It is , perhaps , ungracious to quarrel with a metaphor , and if Wilson had called it " a gem , " rather than " the gem , ' his statement would be ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 20 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 58 |
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