The Saracens: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of BagdadT. Fisher Unwin, 1886 - 493 Seiten |
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... rich and populous cities of commercial importance . A thousand years before Christ the rich King Solo- mon was reigning at Jerusalem , and wondrous were the stories told about him , -stories that travellers slowly carried along the ...
... rich and populous cities of commercial importance . A thousand years before Christ the rich King Solo- mon was reigning at Jerusalem , and wondrous were the stories told about him , -stories that travellers slowly carried along the ...
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... rich wadies and on their lonely sands , and gazed up to heaven in wonder , as the stars , the sun , and the moon shone out upon them , and they thought that such bright lights must be gods . Then they bowed their heads and worshipped ...
... rich wadies and on their lonely sands , and gazed up to heaven in wonder , as the stars , the sun , and the moon shone out upon them , and they thought that such bright lights must be gods . Then they bowed their heads and worshipped ...
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... rich presents to offer to the great king . Let us imagine her starting from the city of the sons of Joktan with her long train of camels and their drivers ; with their tents for covering by night . as she encamped in the wadies by the ...
... rich presents to offer to the great king . Let us imagine her starting from the city of the sons of Joktan with her long train of camels and their drivers ; with their tents for covering by night . as she encamped in the wadies by the ...
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... rich owner converted many evil jinns to the true faith , and confined others in strong prisons because they would not yield . It were well if other mortals could have owned such a ring , for the evil jinns worked a great many wrongs ...
... rich owner converted many evil jinns to the true faith , and confined others in strong prisons because they would not yield . It were well if other mortals could have owned such a ring , for the evil jinns worked a great many wrongs ...
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... rich spices and precious stones , bright sword - blades and chests of costly apparel , gold , and wrappings of blue and embroidered work . * This was hundreds of years before Christ ; and we learn from Roman writers that the lucrative ...
... rich spices and precious stones , bright sword - blades and chests of costly apparel , gold , and wrappings of blue and embroidered work . * This was hundreds of years before Christ ; and we learn from Roman writers that the lucrative ...
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Abbas Abd el Melik Abdalla Abu Bekr Abu Talib Allah allegiance Alyites angels Arabian Arabs army Ayesha Bagdad Bassora battle became Bedawins Berbers brother called camels capital caravan Christian cloth command conquered conquest Constantine VII Constantinople cried Crown 8vo Damascus death Demy 8vo desert dynasty Egypt emperor empire enemy faith father followed force gave give governor Harun heaven Heraclius holy honor Hosein hundred Irak Islam Jerusalem Jews jinns journey Kaaba Kadija Kalid kalif Koran Korassan Koreish Koreishites Kufa land London Mahomet Mamun Mansur Mecca Medina Merwan Mesopotamia Moawia Mohammed Mohammed's Moslems mosque Musa octavo Omar Omiades Othman palace Palestine Paris peace Persian pilgrimage pilgrims prayer prophet region reign religion Roman ruler sacred Saracens sent Spain story Sura sword Syria Taif Tarik thee thou thought thousand throne tion took tribes Verily victory volume Yemen Yezid Zobeir
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 130 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Seite 100 - GOD speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; then He openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, that He may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Seite 101 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof...
Seite 129 - HARK ! hark, my soul ! Angelic songs are swelling O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave-beat shore : How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling Of that new life when sin shall be no more! Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, Singing to welcome The pilgrims of the night. 2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing. " Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come ; " And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing, The music of the Gospel leads us home.
Seite 148 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Seite 497 - Guardian. The Dawn of the Nineteenth Century in England : A Social Sketch of the Times. By JOHN ASHTON. Cheaper Edition, in one vol. Illustrated. Large crown 8vo., i os. 6d. " The book is one continued source of pleasure and interest, and opens up a wide field for speculation and comment, and many of us will look upon it as an important contribution to contemporary history, not easily available to others than close students.
Seite 101 - Fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Seite 132 - And when Jesus the son of Mary said, ' O children of Israel ! verily, I am the apostle of God to you, verifying the law that was before me and giving you glad tidings of an apostle who shall come after me, whose name shall be A'hmed-!