Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 29
... written in this period , illus- trate in various ways its intolerance . The first , a brief sketch , The Life and Death of Mahomet , the Prophet of the Turks , and Author of the Alcoran , accompanies the " Caveat " and the translation ...
... written in this period , illus- trate in various ways its intolerance . The first , a brief sketch , The Life and Death of Mahomet , the Prophet of the Turks , and Author of the Alcoran , accompanies the " Caveat " and the translation ...
Page 81
... written by a Turk in Paris , and came to its fullest perfection in Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes ( 1721 ) .2 The ... written it from " a noble hint I gave him long ago for his Tatlers ... I intended to have written a book on that ...
... written by a Turk in Paris , and came to its fullest perfection in Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes ( 1721 ) .2 The ... written it from " a noble hint I gave him long ago for his Tatlers ... I intended to have written a book on that ...
Page 86
... written in prison in 1717. Here we have Addison's theme of balanced motives expressed in a more dignified simile . Prior at- tempts to prove , That Alma merely is a Scale ; And Motives , like the Weights , prevail . If neither side turn ...
... written in prison in 1717. Here we have Addison's theme of balanced motives expressed in a more dignified simile . Prior at- tempts to prove , That Alma merely is a Scale ; And Motives , like the Weights , prevail . If neither side turn ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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