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... remark concerning " the reputation , the style , the excellence , or " defects of a work . On many occasions the inquisitive reader is much disappointed , " even by HÁJI KHALIFAH himself , the great Turkish bibliographer , whose notices ...
... remark concerning " the reputation , the style , the excellence , or " defects of a work . On many occasions the inquisitive reader is much disappointed , " even by HÁJI KHALIFAH himself , the great Turkish bibliographer , whose notices ...
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... remarks on the style of different writers ; " and , as a descriptive Catalogue , may be " considered almost singular in not only praising excellencies , but censuring defects . 66 66 " I therefore should not hesitate to am- " plify the ...
... remarks on the style of different writers ; " and , as a descriptive Catalogue , may be " considered almost singular in not only praising excellencies , but censuring defects . 66 66 " I therefore should not hesitate to am- " plify the ...
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... remarks in his work above quoted , may " be often very conveniently used " to express the first vocal sound ; and in the word America ( with which he exemplifies his remark ) we find both the short a and e : thus he writes chashm ( p ) ...
... remarks in his work above quoted , may " be often very conveniently used " to express the first vocal sound ; and in the word America ( with which he exemplifies his remark ) we find both the short a and e : thus he writes chashm ( p ) ...
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... remarks shall be offered in another note . It has been usual among European writers to express the title of this work by Habib al Seir , as D'Herbelot styles it in his Bibliothéque Orientale , translating those Arabic words " l'Ami du ...
... remarks shall be offered in another note . It has been usual among European writers to express the title of this work by Habib al Seir , as D'Herbelot styles it in his Bibliothéque Orientale , translating those Arabic words " l'Ami du ...
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... remarks prefixed by the editor to " Burckhardt's Travels in Arabia , " that certain Eastern wri- ters divide Arabia into two parts , Yemen and Hejáz ; others into five great provinces , Yemen , Hejáz , Nejed , Tehama , and Yemama ; but ...
... remarks prefixed by the editor to " Burckhardt's Travels in Arabia , " that certain Eastern wri- ters divide Arabia into two parts , Yemen and Hejáz ; others into five great provinces , Yemen , Hejáz , Nejed , Tehama , and Yemama ; but ...
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