The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 51
... Arabian Poets , yet most ma- nuscripts are so incorrect , and so many contra- fo dictions are found in the beft of them , that we can fcarce lean upon tradition with security , and muft have recourse to the fame media for invef ...
... Arabian Poets , yet most ma- nuscripts are so incorrect , and so many contra- fo dictions are found in the beft of them , that we can fcarce lean upon tradition with security , and muft have recourse to the fame media for invef ...
Page 63
... Arabian gallantry and the praises of Grecian wine , which the merchants of Syria brought for fale into the deferts . From the want of materials on the subject of Arabian antiquity , we find it very difficult to fix the Chronology of the ...
... Arabian gallantry and the praises of Grecian wine , which the merchants of Syria brought for fale into the deferts . From the want of materials on the subject of Arabian antiquity , we find it very difficult to fix the Chronology of the ...
Page 65
... Arabian poems , they certainly were ignorant , that the only monuments of old Arabian History are collections of poetical pieces and the commentaries on them ; that all memo- rable transactions in Arabia were recorded in verse ; and ...
... Arabian poems , they certainly were ignorant , that the only monuments of old Arabian History are collections of poetical pieces and the commentaries on them ; that all memo- rable transactions in Arabia were recorded in verse ; and ...
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