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Page 48
... religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this mode of illustration , and professes to give a literal ex- position of the text of Hafez , in opposition to the * Amatory ...
... religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this mode of illustration , and professes to give a literal ex- position of the text of Hafez , in opposition to the * Amatory ...
Page 49
... religious were disposed to deny his body the right of sepulture , alleging , in objection , the licentiousness of his poetry . After a long dispute , they left the decision to a divination in use amongst them , by opening his book at ...
... religious were disposed to deny his body the right of sepulture , alleging , in objection , the licentiousness of his poetry . After a long dispute , they left the decision to a divination in use amongst them , by opening his book at ...
Page 64
... Jones to general literature , religion has not been mentioned as an object of his study ; and he may be solicitous to know his opinions on this important subject , and whether he had made 64 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF "6 ...
... Jones to general literature , religion has not been mentioned as an object of his study ; and he may be solicitous to know his opinions on this important subject , and whether he had made 64 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF "6 ...
Page 65
... religion , and to investigate the grounds on which the Old and New Testament had been received , during so many ages , as the word of God . It is evident , however , from a conversation with two of his clerical friends at Harrow , at ...
... religion , and to investigate the grounds on which the Old and New Testament had been received , during so many ages , as the word of God . It is evident , however , from a conversation with two of his clerical friends at Harrow , at ...
Page 66
... religion . These propositions appear to have been written near the period of the pre- ceding conversation at Harrow . They are not expressed with such accuracy , or elegance , as to justify a sup- position that they were intended to be ...
... religion . These propositions appear to have been written near the period of the pre- ceding conversation at Harrow . They are not expressed with such accuracy , or elegance , as to justify a sup- position that they were intended to be ...
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