Islam in English LiteratureCaravan Books, 1977 - 275 pages |
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Page 125
... never get there . " - " What ! never get to Paradise ? " returned the matron in fury . " Never , " says he , " for they always grow young by the way . " 9 962 In a letter " On the Different Sects in England , Particularly Metho- dists ...
... never get there . " - " What ! never get to Paradise ? " returned the matron in fury . " Never , " says he , " for they always grow young by the way . " 9 962 In a letter " On the Different Sects in England , Particularly Metho- dists ...
Page 149
... never games , never fights , never blasphemes ; is guiltless of murder ; is in- nocent of theft ; and has yet to learn that poverty is a crime , or even a reproach ... the most glaring defect [ is ] ... the want of sincerity and good ...
... never games , never fights , never blasphemes ; is guiltless of murder ; is in- nocent of theft ; and has yet to learn that poverty is a crime , or even a reproach ... the most glaring defect [ is ] ... the want of sincerity and good ...
Page 244
... never had ; sentenced by a law to which they were never amenable ; executed for not obeying a precept which they never heard . Carlyle shows , in respect to Mahomet , that he had a true and an earnest heart ; that because he did not ...
... never had ; sentenced by a law to which they were never amenable ; executed for not obeying a precept which they never heard . Carlyle shows , in respect to Mahomet , that he had a true and an earnest heart ; that because he did not ...
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THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 20 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 58 |
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