He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that they are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their rational faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese or the Turks may glory in the industry... The Redemption of Egypt - Página 109por William Basil Worsfold - 1899 - 333 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 368 páginas
...fays-Abulpharagius, " that " they are the elecl of God, his beft and moft " ufeful fervants, whafe lives are devoted to " the improvement of their rational faculties. *' Th'e mean ambition of the Chinefe or the " Turks may glory in the induftry of their " hands or the indulgence of their brutal... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 páginas
...of Mahomet assisted with pleasure and modesty at the assemblies and disputations of the learued. " He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that "...they are the elect of God, his best and most useful ser" vants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their " rational faculties. The mean ambition... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 406 páginas
...and the successor of Mahomet assisted with pleasure and modesty at the assemblies and disputations of the learned. " He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius,...the Chinese or the Turks may " glory in the industry of their hands or the in" dulgence of their brutal appetites. Yet these " dexterous artists must view,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 406 páginas
...and the successor of Mahomet assisted with pleasure and modesty at the assemblies and disputations of the learned. " He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius,...that they are the elect of God, his best and most M useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the " improvement of their rational faculties. The **... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 574 páginas
...and the successor of Mahomet assisted with pleasure and modesty at the assemblies and disputations of the learned. " He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that they are the elect of G6d, his best, and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their rational... | |
| Lady Maria Callcott - 1828 - 692 páginas
...science were collected, and the caliph exhorted his subjects to study them, for "he was not ignorant that they are the elect of God, his best and most...the improvement of their rational faculties." The Fatimite caliphs of Egypt were not behind the Abassides in their love of literature : their library... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1830 - 442 páginas
...and the successor of Mahomet assisted with pleasure and modesty at the assemblies and disputations of the learned. " He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius,...rational faculties." The mean ambition of. the Chinese and Turks may glory in the industry of their hands, or the indulgence of their brutal appetites. Yet... | |
| Michael Russell - 1835 - 466 páginas
...exalted the countrymen of Plato and Euclid. " He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that those are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants,...whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their intellectual faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese, or the Turks, may glory in the industry of... | |
| Michael Russell - 1837 - 358 páginas
...exalted the countrymen of Plato and Euclid. " He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that those are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants,...whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their intellectual faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese, or the Turks, may glory in the industry of... | |
| 1842 - 358 páginas
...exalted the countrymen of Plato and Kuclul. " He was not ignorant,'* says Abulpharagius, " that those are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants,...whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their intellectual faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese, or the Turks, may glory in the industry of... | |
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