Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 100
... Moslem nations steadily declined . Turkey , involved in a disastrous war with Russia after the accession ( 1762 ) of Catherine II , was forced to make humiliating terms of peace . Persia suffered a period of an- archy after the death of ...
... Moslem nations steadily declined . Turkey , involved in a disastrous war with Russia after the accession ( 1762 ) of Catherine II , was forced to make humiliating terms of peace . Persia suffered a period of an- archy after the death of ...
Page 103
... Moslems as hy- pocrites for praying in public , Russell points out that , in a Moslem country , praying in public is too common to excite remark . " Were a dozen of shop - keepers in Cheapside , regularly as St. Paul's clock struck ...
... Moslems as hy- pocrites for praying in public , Russell points out that , in a Moslem country , praying in public is too common to excite remark . " Were a dozen of shop - keepers in Cheapside , regularly as St. Paul's clock struck ...
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... Moslems- to tell me whether they had read Heroes in Arabic or English . ( The Moslem students come mainly from Syria , Palestine , and Iraq ; but other Moslem countries , such as Egypt , the Sudan , and Iran are rep- resented . ) Eight ...
... Moslems- to tell me whether they had read Heroes in Arabic or English . ( The Moslem students come mainly from Syria , Palestine , and Iraq ; but other Moslem countries , such as Egypt , the Sudan , and Iran are rep- resented . ) Eight ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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