Islam in English LiteratureCaravan Books, 1977 - 275 pages |
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Page 12
... writers is the description of Paradise . The author of Mandeville's Travels quaintly puts it thus : [ The Saracens believe that Paradise contains ] " all maner of frutes in all cesouns & ryueres rennynge of mylk & honey & of wyn & of ...
... writers is the description of Paradise . The author of Mandeville's Travels quaintly puts it thus : [ The Saracens believe that Paradise contains ] " all maner of frutes in all cesouns & ryueres rennynge of mylk & honey & of wyn & of ...
Page 36
... writers of the Middle Ages , Prideaux discovers the legends of Baḥira in the Byzantine chroniclers , and the legends of Sergius in the western writers , and comes to the conclusion that Baḥīra and Ser- gius were one and the same person ...
... writers of the Middle Ages , Prideaux discovers the legends of Baḥira in the Byzantine chroniclers , and the legends of Sergius in the western writers , and comes to the conclusion that Baḥīra and Ser- gius were one and the same person ...
Page 74
... writers , which he quotes , and the opinion of Prideaux , which he makes his own : " The same writers ... celebrate him for his justice , clemency , generosity , modesty , abstinence , and humility ... whereas , from his actions ... we ...
... writers , which he quotes , and the opinion of Prideaux , which he makes his own : " The same writers ... celebrate him for his justice , clemency , generosity , modesty , abstinence , and humility ... whereas , from his actions ... we ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 20 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 58 |
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