The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... 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 that more ...
... 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 that more ...
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... Poems , the Body of Law , and the fix Philofophical saftra's ; which the author of our text reduces to two , each ... Poem on one continued , interesting , and heroick , action ; and the next in celebrity , if it be not fuperior in ...
... Poems , the Body of Law , and the fix Philofophical saftra's ; which the author of our text reduces to two , each ... Poem on one continued , interesting , and heroick , action ; and the next in celebrity , if it be not fuperior in ...
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... poem on the loves of LAILI and MAJNUN by the inimitable NIZA'MI ( to fay nothing of other poems on the fame fubject ) is indifputably built on true history , yet avowedly allegorical and myfterious ; for the introduction to it is a con ...
... poem on the loves of LAILI and MAJNUN by the inimitable NIZA'MI ( to fay nothing of other poems on the fame fubject ) is indifputably built on true history , yet avowedly allegorical and myfterious ; for the introduction to it is a con ...
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