Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 68
... probably to ease his conscience rather than to improve the style . It is rather remarkable that anyone should attempt to foist this collection of fables on the public only a few years after Prideaux wrote his Life of Mahomet . The ...
... probably to ease his conscience rather than to improve the style . It is rather remarkable that anyone should attempt to foist this collection of fables on the public only a few years after Prideaux wrote his Life of Mahomet . The ...
Page 208
... Probably the best answer to the question : Why did Carlyle choose Muhammad as his representative prophet ? is that he could not well have done otherwise . Given the need of a Hero in the rôle of prophet , to fit the next category below ...
... Probably the best answer to the question : Why did Carlyle choose Muhammad as his representative prophet ? is that he could not well have done otherwise . Given the need of a Hero in the rôle of prophet , to fit the next category below ...
Page 211
... probably did not go beyond the standard and obvious sources for his material . He mentions Edward Pococke's interview with Grotius when Pococke was planning to translate De veritate into Arabic for the conversion of the Moslems.2 " When ...
... probably did not go beyond the standard and obvious sources for his material . He mentions Edward Pococke's interview with Grotius when Pococke was planning to translate De veritate into Arabic for the conversion of the Moslems.2 " When ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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