Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 47
... character of Altomar , the hero , who is superlatively courageous in warfare , magnificent as a lover , and su- preme in all noble actions and sentiments . He suffers imprisonment when his love , the princess Altemira , refuses to marry ...
... character of Altomar , the hero , who is superlatively courageous in warfare , magnificent as a lover , and su- preme in all noble actions and sentiments . He suffers imprisonment when his love , the princess Altemira , refuses to marry ...
Page 52
... character of Tamerlane . To that end he created a character poles apart in temperament from the Tamerlane of history or of Marlowe . Rowe's Tamerlane is a gentleman of impeccable rectitude and supreme no- bility of spirit , who ...
... character of Tamerlane . To that end he created a character poles apart in temperament from the Tamerlane of history or of Marlowe . Rowe's Tamerlane is a gentleman of impeccable rectitude and supreme no- bility of spirit , who ...
Page 132
... character of Mu- hammad , a tendency which accompanied a better understanding of his mission and of the nature of his system . The chapters in Gibbon dealing with MuḼammad himself and with the growth of the Moslem empire , though ...
... character of Mu- hammad , a tendency which accompanied a better understanding of his mission and of the nature of his system . The chapters in Gibbon dealing with MuḼammad himself and with the growth of the Moslem empire , though ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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