Retrospective Review, Volume 3C. and H. Baldwyn, 1820 |
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... present day , impervious to European enterprize . — Through its brightest periods , nay , even from its origin , Mahometanism was comparatively favorable to literature . " Mahomet , himself , said , that a mind without erudition was ...
... present day , impervious to European enterprize . — Through its brightest periods , nay , even from its origin , Mahometanism was comparatively favorable to literature . " Mahomet , himself , said , that a mind without erudition was ...
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... present life , and thy Lord shall give thee a reward , wherewith thou shalt be well pleased . Did he not find thee an orphan , and hath he not taken care of thee ? and did he not find thee wandering in error , and hath he not guided ...
... present life , and thy Lord shall give thee a reward , wherewith thou shalt be well pleased . Did he not find thee an orphan , and hath he not taken care of thee ? and did he not find thee wandering in error , and hath he not guided ...
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... present life is only a toy and a vain amusement ; and worldly pomp , and the affectation of glory among you , and the multiplying of riches and children , are as the plants nourished by the rain , the springing up whereof delighteth the ...
... present life is only a toy and a vain amusement ; and worldly pomp , and the affectation of glory among you , and the multiplying of riches and children , are as the plants nourished by the rain , the springing up whereof delighteth the ...
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... present contents ; and , perhaps , the encomiums which it lavishes so bountifully upon itself , may be considered as supporting this theory . - We should attribute to one of Mahomet's co - adjutors , the studied art and ornament with ...
... present contents ; and , perhaps , the encomiums which it lavishes so bountifully upon itself , may be considered as supporting this theory . - We should attribute to one of Mahomet's co - adjutors , the studied art and ornament with ...
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... present so im- portant a feature in a Mussulman's creed , and so much wanted in a system which claims scarcely any other supernatural testi- monial , should be only obscurely hinted at by the principal agent in it , and left to be told ...
... present so im- portant a feature in a Mussulman's creed , and so much wanted in a system which claims scarcely any other supernatural testi- monial , should be only obscurely hinted at by the principal agent in it , and left to be told ...
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