Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... Alcoran , " which accompanied the translation . The French version of the Koran has the virtue of literalness , and the Eng- lish follows the French fairly closely , so that the result is not far from the original in general meaning ...
... Alcoran , " which accompanied the translation . The French version of the Koran has the virtue of literalness , and the Eng- lish follows the French fairly closely , so that the result is not far from the original in general meaning ...
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... Alcoran which looks as if Mahomet had been possessed of the notion we are now speaking of . It is there said , that the angel Gabriel took Mahomet out of his bed one morning to give him a sight of all things in the seven heavens , in ...
... Alcoran which looks as if Mahomet had been possessed of the notion we are now speaking of . It is there said , that the angel Gabriel took Mahomet out of his bed one morning to give him a sight of all things in the seven heavens , in ...
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... Alcoran , Or dark , or deep , or difficult appears , Hence he expounds that frailer Womankind , Have mortal Souls , in common with the Brutes : So are they born to dye , to perish ever . Not to immortal Life ordain'd as we , No Blissful ...
... Alcoran , Or dark , or deep , or difficult appears , Hence he expounds that frailer Womankind , Have mortal Souls , in common with the Brutes : So are they born to dye , to perish ever . Not to immortal Life ordain'd as we , No Blissful ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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