Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 - 616 pages |
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Page 31
... never went to meet thee , Laila ! without feeling as if the earth were folded up from under me ( so rapid was my pace ) ; but when my resolution turned me from thy door , I stumbled over the skirts of my garment . Most of his poetry is ...
... never went to meet thee , Laila ! without feeling as if the earth were folded up from under me ( so rapid was my pace ) ; but when my resolution turned me from thy door , I stumbled over the skirts of my garment . Most of his poetry is ...
Page 34
... never found it advanced in any other work but his . ( Speaking of this subject I must mention that ) a letter fell ... never to cease flow- ing from my eyes , and sleep swore never to visit them till I met thee again . The time which has ...
... never found it advanced in any other work but his . ( Speaking of this subject I must mention that ) a letter fell ... never to cease flow- ing from my eyes , and sleep swore never to visit them till I met thee again . The time which has ...
Page 38
... never before been expressed : His letters are the destruction of squadrons ; and when they go forth , I know not which is most effectual , -their lines or an army . The sand adhering to the writing had not been appropriate , did earth ...
... never before been expressed : His letters are the destruction of squadrons ; and when they go forth , I know not which is most effectual , -their lines or an army . The sand adhering to the writing had not been appropriate , did earth ...
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... Never did an if or an unless diminish the value ( of the favours conferred by thee ) ; the only conjunction which ever occurred to thee was thy conjunction with sudden death ( 6 ) . As a specimen of the charming verses composed by Ibn ...
... Never did an if or an unless diminish the value ( of the favours conferred by thee ) ; the only conjunction which ever occurred to thee was thy conjunction with sudden death ( 6 ) . As a specimen of the charming verses composed by Ibn ...
Page 44
... never accept the favours of a man whom I have covered with everlast- ing ignominy . This is a proof that Ibn Hązim was really contented with his lot , and that he could support poverty with patience and resignation ( 13 ) .- Abū Othman ...
... never accept the favours of a man whom I have covered with everlast- ing ignominy . This is a proof that Ibn Hązim was really contented with his lot , and that he could support poverty with patience and resignation ( 13 ) .- Abū Othman ...
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