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British Academy. out of which literary history is put together pieces of ancient verse which do not agree with the setting of prose tradition in which they are embedded ; and it can hardly be doubted that the verse deserves more ...
British Academy. out of which literary history is put together pieces of ancient verse which do not agree with the setting of prose tradition in which they are embedded ; and it can hardly be doubted that the verse deserves more ...
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... verse ; and , since the earliest specimens of this literature which have reached us show these conventions fully established , the reasonable inference is that the art of verse must have been practised in Arabia for generations before ...
... verse ; and , since the earliest specimens of this literature which have reached us show these conventions fully established , the reasonable inference is that the art of verse must have been practised in Arabia for generations before ...
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... verse by repetition . But besides this general vogue , there was the established institution of Rāwis or rhapsodes , which grew up with that of professional poets . We may suppose that men with special gifts as artists in verse came by ...
... verse by repetition . But besides this general vogue , there was the established institution of Rāwis or rhapsodes , which grew up with that of professional poets . We may suppose that men with special gifts as artists in verse came by ...
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