Islam in English LiteratureCaravan Books, 1977 - 275 pages |
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Page 64
... believe , wellmeaning Arragonian Mussulman delivers as infallible Gospel for the Instruction of his persecuted Brethren ... Till the impartial Monsieur Reland , and our late learned Dean Prideaux appeared , we knew very little , worthy ...
... believe , wellmeaning Arragonian Mussulman delivers as infallible Gospel for the Instruction of his persecuted Brethren ... Till the impartial Monsieur Reland , and our late learned Dean Prideaux appeared , we knew very little , worthy ...
Page 169
... believe that . Mahomet . They will not believe a word of truth , until they believe many a falsehood.100 Another innovation is to be the prohibition of wine , which Muḥam- mad himself cannot drink because of his epilepsy : Mahomet . I ...
... believe that . Mahomet . They will not believe a word of truth , until they believe many a falsehood.100 Another innovation is to be the prohibition of wine , which Muḥam- mad himself cannot drink because of his epilepsy : Mahomet . I ...
Page 221
... believe in Maho- met's word at this hour than in any other word whatever . Are we to suppose that it was a miserable piece of spiritual leger- demain , this which so many creatures of the Almighty have lived by and died by ? I , for my ...
... believe in Maho- met's word at this hour than in any other word whatever . Are we to suppose that it was a miserable piece of spiritual leger- demain , this which so many creatures of the Almighty have lived by and died by ? I , for my ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 20 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 58 |
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