Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 11
... Paradise . The author of Mandeville's Travels puts it thus quaintly . The Saracens believe that Paradise contains " all maner of frutes in all cesouns & ryueres rennynge of mylk & honey & of wyn & of swete water & þat þei schall haue ...
... Paradise . The author of Mandeville's Travels puts it thus quaintly . The Saracens believe that Paradise contains " all maner of frutes in all cesouns & ryueres rennynge of mylk & honey & of wyn & of swete water & þat þei schall haue ...
Page 95
... Paradise , repudiates his Prophet.3 Yet it is in a speech by Caled to his warriors that we have the finest description of the Islamic Paradise in English poetry . Hear , all ! Prepare ye now for boldest deeds , And know , the prophet ...
... Paradise , repudiates his Prophet.3 Yet it is in a speech by Caled to his warriors that we have the finest description of the Islamic Paradise in English poetry . Hear , all ! Prepare ye now for boldest deeds , And know , the prophet ...
Page 131
... Paradise , resembles the speech by Caled in The Siege of Damascus and was probably modeled on it . Fall who may In such a cause , the everlasting gates Of paradise shall open to receive His mounting spirit . There , while crowds of ...
... Paradise , resembles the speech by Caled in The Siege of Damascus and was probably modeled on it . Fall who may In such a cause , the everlasting gates Of paradise shall open to receive His mounting spirit . There , while crowds of ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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