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But who would lend thee his eyes that thou mayest weep with them ? Were eyes ever lent that their tears might be shed ? The two next lines , extracted from a piece of verse , are also his , but some at- 346 tribute them to Bashshàr Ibn ...
But who would lend thee his eyes that thou mayest weep with them ? Were eyes ever lent that their tears might be shed ? The two next lines , extracted from a piece of verse , are also his , but some at- 346 tribute them to Bashshàr Ibn ...
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I swear that indifference or dislike are not the mo- tives which withhold me from reproaching thee thy cruelty ; it was the certainty that all complaints were useless . If I cannot bear my pains in patience , I must yet submit to them ...
I swear that indifference or dislike are not the mo- tives which withhold me from reproaching thee thy cruelty ; it was the certainty that all complaints were useless . If I cannot bear my pains in patience , I must yet submit to them ...
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Soon after , he returned with a swarthy little fellow , as “ black as a beetle , perched upon his shoulder ; and we then said to him : ' Hadst " thou asked us about that fellow , we could have directed thee , for he did not " stir out ...
Soon after , he returned with a swarthy little fellow , as “ black as a beetle , perched upon his shoulder ; and we then said to him : ' Hadst " thou asked us about that fellow , we could have directed thee , for he did not " stir out ...
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On which Moawia exclaimed : O Lord ! to thee be praise ! " Can there be any stronger proof of Moawia's blessedness than that ? " - Ibn al - Mubarak composed some poetry , from which we will quote the following verses : Other men open ...
On which Moawia exclaimed : O Lord ! to thee be praise ! " Can there be any stronger proof of Moawia's blessedness than that ? " - Ibn al - Mubarak composed some poetry , from which we will quote the following verses : Other men open ...
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To this they replied not , but their external state gave me answer sufficient , as every veil between my intelligence and it was now rent asunder ; here was the reply : " Let not the beautiful gardens deceive " thee ; between thee and ...
To this they replied not , but their external state gave me answer sufficient , as every veil between my intelligence and it was now rent asunder ; here was the reply : " Let not the beautiful gardens deceive " thee ; between thee and ...
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| Title | Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Ibn-Ḫallikān Volume 57 of Oriental translation fund |
| Author | Ibn-Ḫallikān |
| Publisher | Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 616 pages |
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