Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 171
... Thalaba , and of Thalaba's attempts to find and destroy the Domdaniel . the beginning of the story , the members of Thalaba's family have been massacred by Okba , a Domdaniel magician . Thalaba grows to manhood as the ward of the noble ...
... Thalaba , and of Thalaba's attempts to find and destroy the Domdaniel . the beginning of the story , the members of Thalaba's family have been massacred by Okba , a Domdaniel magician . Thalaba grows to manhood as the ward of the noble ...
Page 172
... Thalaba finds in a magical garden , warmed by a river of fire , in a region of perpetual snows . Here Tha- laba attempts in vain to kill Okba , whose hour is not yet come ; but no less an authority than Azrael himself tells Thalaba that ...
... Thalaba finds in a magical garden , warmed by a river of fire , in a region of perpetual snows . Here Tha- laba attempts in vain to kill Okba , whose hour is not yet come ; but no less an authority than Azrael himself tells Thalaba that ...
Page 173
... Thalaba grasps his father's sword . The image smites the Round Altar , and the whole devil's brood of witches and sorcerers assembles to fight the Destroyer . Thalaba puts them to utter rout ; and they cling round the feet of the image ...
... Thalaba grasps his father's sword . The image smites the Round Altar , and the whole devil's brood of witches and sorcerers assembles to fight the Destroyer . Thalaba puts them to utter rout ; and they cling round the feet of the image ...
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THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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