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... object , but to indifference , languor , and the submis- sion that means despair , the patience of a Turk must even yet oftentimes awaken our homage and our shame3 . The Persian poets , too , and particularly Firdausí , are eminently ...
... object , but to indifference , languor , and the submis- sion that means despair , the patience of a Turk must even yet oftentimes awaken our homage and our shame3 . The Persian poets , too , and particularly Firdausí , are eminently ...
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... object which rivets the eyes and hearts of all believers is the great mosque called the Beit Allah , or the house of God . This edifice was constructed almost solely for the purpose of containing the Caaba — a large oblong massive ...
... object which rivets the eyes and hearts of all believers is the great mosque called the Beit Allah , or the house of God . This edifice was constructed almost solely for the purpose of containing the Caaba — a large oblong massive ...
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... object enclosed within it , and before which the whole Mahometan world bows in the profoundest veneration . This is the black stone . The story is , that Ishmael , being in search for a stone for the repair of the temple , met the angel ...
... object enclosed within it , and before which the whole Mahometan world bows in the profoundest veneration . This is the black stone . The story is , that Ishmael , being in search for a stone for the repair of the temple , met the angel ...
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... object of the Institutor to realize the bond of unity , and remove the injurious operation of plurality ; nay , that ... objects for the purpose of producing devout and virtuous affections , and that it has been found expedient to devise ...
... object of the Institutor to realize the bond of unity , and remove the injurious operation of plurality ; nay , that ... objects for the purpose of producing devout and virtuous affections , and that it has been found expedient to devise ...
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... object of their lives ; the sword was the instru- ment of that promulgation . Death or conversion was the fate of the idolaters . To the Jews and Chris- tians was offered the milder choice of conversion or tribute . This distinguishing ...
... object of their lives ; the sword was the instru- ment of that promulgation . Death or conversion was the fate of the idolaters . To the Jews and Chris- tians was offered the milder choice of conversion or tribute . This distinguishing ...
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