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The following verses from one of his kasīdas may serve as an example of his pathetic style : 6 Desist ... The two next lines , extracted from a piece of verse , are also his , but some at- 346 tribute them to Bashshąr Ibn Burd ( 4 ) ...
The following verses from one of his kasīdas may serve as an example of his pathetic style : 6 Desist ... The two next lines , extracted from a piece of verse , are also his , but some at- 346 tribute them to Bashshąr Ibn Burd ( 4 ) ...
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To which he replied by repeat- " these verses : 6 6 ' Some persons accused thee and said that it was thou who caused my pains and afflic- tions ; but I denied the truth of their words , so that their suspicions might be turned away from ...
To which he replied by repeat- " these verses : 6 6 ' Some persons accused thee and said that it was thou who caused my pains and afflic- tions ; but I denied the truth of their words , so that their suspicions might be turned away from ...
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66 66 When the sharif read these verses , he immediately undertook to provide for the poet's wife , and he furnished her with every thing she required as long as her husband was absent . As for Ibn Asaad , he went to Egypt and recited ...
66 66 When the sharif read these verses , he immediately undertook to provide for the poet's wife , and he furnished her with every thing she required as long as her husband was absent . As for Ibn Asaad , he went to Egypt and recited ...
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These two verses belong to a kasida , and the author has displayed in them great originality . ... I may observe that the idea expressed in Ibn Asaad's first verse resembles that which is contained in the following lines , composed by ...
These two verses belong to a kasida , and the author has displayed in them great originality . ... I may observe that the idea expressed in Ibn Asaad's first verse resembles that which is contained in the following lines , composed by ...
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As a specimen of the charming verses composed by Ibn al - Motazz , and of his novel comparisons , we may quote the following : May an abundant shower water the shady groves of al - Matīra and the convent of Ab- dūn .
As a specimen of the charming verses composed by Ibn al - Motazz , and of his novel comparisons , we may quote the following : May an abundant shower water the shady groves of al - Matīra and the convent of Ab- dūn .
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| Title | Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Ibn Khallikān Volume 57 of Oriental Translation Fund Volume 57 of Publications (Oriental translation fund) |
| Author | Ibn Khallikān |
| Translated by | William MacGuckin baron de Slane |
| 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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