The History of Arabia: Ancient and Modern ...Harper & Bros., 1834 |
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... equal perfection . These grand and distinctive features of Arabia have suffered little alteration from the lapse of time , or the contingencies of human events . Cen- turies have passed over it without leaving any changes but those ...
... equal perfection . These grand and distinctive features of Arabia have suffered little alteration from the lapse of time , or the contingencies of human events . Cen- turies have passed over it without leaving any changes but those ...
Side 21
... certain period , three - fourths of Asia , the whole of Northern Africa , and a considerable portion of Europe . It is true that the stability of this colossal power did not equal its greatness . Religious disputes , and INTRODUCTION . 21.
... certain period , three - fourths of Asia , the whole of Northern Africa , and a considerable portion of Europe . It is true that the stability of this colossal power did not equal its greatness . Religious disputes , and INTRODUCTION . 21.
Side 22
Ancient and Modern ... Andrew Crichton. did not equal its greatness . Religious disputes , and the jarring interests of families or individuals who claimed an hereditary title to the succession , gave rise to discords and revolts that ...
Ancient and Modern ... Andrew Crichton. did not equal its greatness . Religious disputes , and the jarring interests of families or individuals who claimed an hereditary title to the succession , gave rise to discords and revolts that ...
Side 24
... equal zeal . In every town , from the banks of the Tigris to the Atlantic , schools and colleges were established . The sun of science and philosophy diffused its humanizing influence over the fierce spirits and savage manners of Africa ...
... equal zeal . In every town , from the banks of the Tigris to the Atlantic , schools and colleges were established . The sun of science and philosophy diffused its humanizing influence over the fierce spirits and savage manners of Africa ...
Side 29
... equal erudition ; and to them the world is indebted as the first restorers of Arabian literature . Since their time numerous societies have been instituted for the purpose of collecting and giving to the public such information ...
... equal erudition ; and to them the world is indebted as the first restorers of Arabian literature . Since their time numerous societies have been instituted for the purpose of collecting and giving to the public such information ...
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Abdallah Abu Beker Abu Moslem Abulfeda Africa Agatharcides Amru ancient apostle appear Arabia Arabs arms army Arrian authority battle beauty Bedouins besieged Burckhardt caliph camels capital captives celebrated chap chief Christian coast command conqueror conquests Damascus death descended desert Divine East Egypt emperor empire enemy Euphrates expedition faith famous favour gold Greeks gulf hand Hareth head heaven Hejaz Hejira Heraclius Hira Hist historians honour horse inhabitants Irak Islam Jews Kaaba Khaled Khoosroo kings Koran Koreish Mecca Medina miles Moawiyah Mohammed Mohammedan Moslems mosque mountains Musa Mussulman nations native Niebuhr Nooman Obeidah Omar Ommiades Persian plunder prince Prophet provinces Ptolemy reckoned Red Sea regions reign religion religious rocks Roman Sabæans sacred Saracens siege Sinai slave soldiers sovereign Strabo success Suez sword Syria Tarik temple territory throne tion town travellers tribes troops valour victory wealth whole writers Yemen Yezdijird Zobeir
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Side 90 - And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child, And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Side 151 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, And hatch, and gather under her shadow : There shall the vultures also be gathered, Every one with her mate.
Side 276 - The harmony and copiousness of style will not reach, in a version, the European infidel; he will peruse with impatience the endless incoherent rhapsody of fable, and precept, and declamation, which seldom excites a sentiment or an idea, which sometimes crawls in the dust, and is sometimes...
Side 230 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Side 158 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Side 151 - And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Side 286 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Side 158 - Syria was thy merchant By reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making : They occupied in thy fairs With emeralds, purple, and broidered work, And fine linen, and coral and agate.
Side v - History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern. Containing' a Description of the Country — an Account of its Inhabitants, Antiquities, Political Condition. and early Commerce — the Life and Religion of Mohammed— the Conquests, Arts, and Literature of the Saracens — the Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain — the Civil Government and Religious Ceremonies of the Modern Arabs — Origin and Suppression of the Wahabees — the Institutions, Character, Manners, and Customs of the Bedouins —...
Side 385 - Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the unknown kingdoms of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy name, and putting to the sword the rebellious nations who worship any other Gods than thee.