Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 156
... Persians , ' ( says M. de Voltaire , ) are like the titles of their kings , in which we are perpe- tually dazzled with the sun and the moon . Sir William Jones , in a short Essay on the Poetry of Eastern Nations , has endeavoured to ...
... Persians , ' ( says M. de Voltaire , ) are like the titles of their kings , in which we are perpe- tually dazzled with the sun and the moon . Sir William Jones , in a short Essay on the Poetry of Eastern Nations , has endeavoured to ...
Page 226
... Knowledge , written by the Persian EIN AINT OOLLAH , Anno Domini 1650 , in the reign of the Emperor Shaw Jehaun . Thau Preface to his Arabic Grammar . the style of this work nothing can be more bom- 226 ON THE FABLE , IMAGERY ,
... Knowledge , written by the Persian EIN AINT OOLLAH , Anno Domini 1650 , in the reign of the Emperor Shaw Jehaun . Thau Preface to his Arabic Grammar . the style of this work nothing can be more bom- 226 ON THE FABLE , IMAGERY ,
Page 227
... Persia , than the pure and correct manner of what may be termed the classical authors of Arabia . Hence have we been deluged with such a quantity of bloated compo sition , under the title of Oriental Tales . A most striking exception ...
... Persia , than the pure and correct manner of what may be termed the classical authors of Arabia . Hence have we been deluged with such a quantity of bloated compo sition , under the title of Oriental Tales . A most striking exception ...
Page 232
... Persian Tales , a genuine oriental work , from the French version of Petis de la Croix . The first volume of Phillips's Tales was published , I believe , in 1709 , and the second is advertised on August 20th , 1714 , at the close of N ...
... Persian Tales , a genuine oriental work , from the French version of Petis de la Croix . The first volume of Phillips's Tales was published , I believe , in 1709 , and the second is advertised on August 20th , 1714 , at the close of N ...
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... Persian and Arabic of a ce- lebrated collection of apologues , which has since been circulated through Europe under ... Persians and Arabians , and the favourite of Nushervan the Just , and of Mansour , the second Caliph of the dynasty ...
... Persian and Arabic of a ce- lebrated collection of apologues , which has since been circulated through Europe under ... Persians and Arabians , and the favourite of Nushervan the Just , and of Mansour , the second Caliph of the dynasty ...
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