Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... death of Muḥammad were not often repeated during the Renaissance , but a parody of the Christian story of the resurrection appears in various forms among the writers , early and late . George Sandys tells us that Muḥammad " made them ...
... death of Muḥammad were not often repeated during the Renaissance , but a parody of the Christian story of the resurrection appears in various forms among the writers , early and late . George Sandys tells us that Muḥammad " made them ...
Page 127
... death . Trancred arrives in- cognito and , though he thinks Almida guilty , challenges Orbassan to combat and kills him . The Syracusans defeat the Saracens with the aid of Tancred , who falls mortally wounded , but learns of Almi- da's ...
... death . Trancred arrives in- cognito and , though he thinks Almida guilty , challenges Orbassan to combat and kills him . The Syracusans defeat the Saracens with the aid of Tancred , who falls mortally wounded , but learns of Almi- da's ...
Page 172
... death of Okba's daughter , Laila , whom 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 ...
... death of Okba's daughter , Laila , whom 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 ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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