Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 142
... presents to the senses a spectacle more simple , affecting , and majestic ! ... Here ... is no intermediary between man ... present themselves continually at the windows , and some of them entirely undressed . " 3 While at Mecca Ali Bey ...
... presents to the senses a spectacle more simple , affecting , and majestic ! ... Here ... is no intermediary between man ... present themselves continually at the windows , and some of them entirely undressed . " 3 While at Mecca Ali Bey ...
Page 170
... present romance has grown . " 2 Thalaba is the young hero , " a male Joan of Arc , " who is destined to destroy this den of iniquity and to perish , like Samson , among his foes . The name means " vixen " ( tha'labah ) , a boy's name ...
... present romance has grown . " 2 Thalaba is the young hero , " a male Joan of Arc , " who is destined to destroy this den of iniquity and to perish , like Samson , among his foes . The name means " vixen " ( tha'labah ) , a boy's name ...
Page 214
... present at the lecture and met Browning there . That night Macready wrote in his diary : “ Attended Carlyle's lecture , ' The Hero as Prophet : Mahomet : upon which he descanted with a fervour and eloquence that only a conviction of ...
... present at the lecture and met Browning there . That night Macready wrote in his diary : “ Attended Carlyle's lecture , ' The Hero as Prophet : Mahomet : upon which he descanted with a fervour and eloquence that only a conviction of ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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