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Page 36
... poems , and to read the greatest part of the Old Testament in Hebrew , parti- cularly the book of Job , and the prophets , which he studied with great attention . In the course of the following summer , by an unex- pected concurrence of ...
... poems , and to read the greatest part of the Old Testament in Hebrew , parti- cularly the book of Job , and the prophets , which he studied with great attention . In the course of the following summer , by an unex- pected concurrence of ...
Page 40
... poets of those celebra- ted nations ; and to examine their jurisprudence by a standard of comparison , which impressed his mind with a decided reverence for the institutions of his own country . He was not , however , regardless of the ...
... poets of those celebra- ted nations ; and to examine their jurisprudence by a standard of comparison , which impressed his mind with a decided reverence for the institutions of his own country . He was not , however , regardless of the ...
Page 46
... poets , who must blush at the poverty of their prosaic language , when they find that the Oriental dialects ( independently of rhyme , which is of their invention ) have true syllabic quantities , as well as the Greek , and a greater ...
... poets , who must blush at the poverty of their prosaic language , when they find that the Oriental dialects ( independently of rhyme , which is of their invention ) have true syllabic quantities , as well as the Greek , and a greater ...
Page 48
... poem on the death of Mahom- med , so celebrated throughout the East , that every man of letters can repeat it . It is one continued allegory , but admirable and pathetic , and begins , if I rightly remem- ber , thus : Does memory recal ...
... poem on the death of Mahom- med , so celebrated throughout the East , that every man of letters can repeat it . It is one continued allegory , but admirable and pathetic , and begins , if I rightly remem- ber , thus : Does memory recal ...
Page 49
... poems of Hafez must be taken in a literal or figurative sense ; but " the question does not admit of a general and direct answer ; for even " the most enthusiastic of his commentators allow that some of them are ❝to be taken literally ...
... poems of Hafez must be taken in a literal or figurative sense ; but " the question does not admit of a general and direct answer ; for even " the most enthusiastic of his commentators allow that some of them are ❝to be taken literally ...
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