Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 54
... women have souls , and that ( in their opinion ) marriage , rather than virginity , is the ideal state . " Any woman that dies unmarried is looked upon to die in a state of repro- bation ... Many of them ... will not remain widows ten ...
... women have souls , and that ( in their opinion ) marriage , rather than virginity , is the ideal state . " Any woman that dies unmarried is looked upon to die in a state of repro- bation ... Many of them ... will not remain widows ten ...
Page 56
... women have souls , and that ( in their opinion ) marriage , rather than virginity , is the ideal state . " Any woman that dies unmarried is looked upon to die in a state of repro- bation ... Many of them ... will not remain widows ten ...
... women have souls , and that ( in their opinion ) marriage , rather than virginity , is the ideal state . " Any woman that dies unmarried is looked upon to die in a state of repro- bation ... Many of them ... will not remain widows ten ...
Page 118
... women have no souls - an admirable deficiency in his opinion . ' It is true , ' cries he , ' your men of fashion in the East are slaves , and under some terrors of having their throats squeez- ed by a bowstring ; but what then ? they ...
... women have no souls - an admirable deficiency in his opinion . ' It is true , ' cries he , ' your men of fashion in the East are slaves , and under some terrors of having their throats squeez- ed by a bowstring ; but what then ? they ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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