Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... pigeon also is suggested by the lines in which Butler ex- pounds the mysteries of Puritanism . Th ' apostles of this fierce religion , Like Mahomet's , were ass and widgeon . " Not only does " widgeon " suggest the riming word " pigeon ...
... pigeon also is suggested by the lines in which Butler ex- pounds the mysteries of Puritanism . Th ' apostles of this fierce religion , Like Mahomet's , were ass and widgeon . " Not only does " widgeon " suggest the riming word " pigeon ...
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Byron Porter Smith. to Muḥammad's pigeon where the Hind is telling about the poultry ( the Catholics ) on the estate of farmer James ( James II ) , and the plots made against them by the pigeons ( the Church of England ) . New doubts ...
Byron Porter Smith. to Muḥammad's pigeon where the Hind is telling about the poultry ( the Catholics ) on the estate of farmer James ( James II ) , and the plots made against them by the pigeons ( the Church of England ) . New doubts ...
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... pigeon , trained to pick peas from Ma- homet's ear , and pass for an angel dictating to him ? Grotius answered that there was no proof ! " 3 Sale is alluded to several times . Prideaux is dismissed to outer darkness . " Prideaux , I ...
... pigeon , trained to pick peas from Ma- homet's ear , and pass for an angel dictating to him ? Grotius answered that there was no proof ! " 3 Sale is alluded to several times . Prideaux is dismissed to outer darkness . " Prideaux , I ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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