Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... Impostor ( 1744 ) , a translation by the Rev. James Miller ( the fifth act translated by the Rev. James Hoadley ) of Voltaire's Le Fanatisme , ou Mahomet le Prophète ( 1742 ) .3 The English version held the stage for many years . The ...
... Impostor ( 1744 ) , a translation by the Rev. James Miller ( the fifth act translated by the Rev. James Hoadley ) of Voltaire's Le Fanatisme , ou Mahomet le Prophète ( 1742 ) .3 The English version held the stage for many years . The ...
Page 129
... Impostor ( 1778 ) is Miller's translation of Voltaire's Mahomet " improved " for the purpose of a happy ending . Zaphna ( Zaphena ) , sent by Muḥammad to kill Sophein ( Alcanor ) , kills Muḥammad by mistake instead of Sophein ! Another ...
... Impostor ( 1778 ) is Miller's translation of Voltaire's Mahomet " improved " for the purpose of a happy ending . Zaphna ( Zaphena ) , sent by Muḥammad to kill Sophein ( Alcanor ) , kills Muḥammad by mistake instead of Sophein ! Another ...
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... Impostor " in the heavens of English literature was broken up . It is obvious that time was fighting on the side of Carlyle . A new spirit of tolerance was abroad in the latter part of the nineteenth century ; a realization that " all ...
... Impostor " in the heavens of English literature was broken up . It is obvious that time was fighting on the side of Carlyle . A new spirit of tolerance was abroad in the latter part of the nineteenth century ; a realization that " all ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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