Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 66
... original purity , " which consisted chiefly in the worship of one only God . " " Whether this was the effect of enthusiasm [ that word so much dreaded in the eighteenth century ] , or only a design to raise himself to the supreme ...
... original purity , " which consisted chiefly in the worship of one only God . " " Whether this was the effect of enthusiasm [ that word so much dreaded in the eighteenth century ] , or only a design to raise himself to the supreme ...
Page 94
... original form of the drama Hughes follows history in making Phocays a convert to Islam , but the managers of Drury Lane , sure that the sight of a Christian turned Moslem would offend the religious sensibilities of the audience ...
... original form of the drama Hughes follows history in making Phocays a convert to Islam , but the managers of Drury Lane , sure that the sight of a Christian turned Moslem would offend the religious sensibilities of the audience ...
Page 120
... original French in The English Review ( December 1909 ; August and September 1910 ) . All three , translated into English by Sir Frank T. Marzials , were published in 1912 , under the title , The Episodes of Vathek . The Episodes ...
... original French in The English Review ( December 1909 ; August and September 1910 ) . All three , translated into English by Sir Frank T. Marzials , were published in 1912 , under the title , The Episodes of Vathek . The Episodes ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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