The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... ground for be- lieving that national events were chronicled by inscriptions , and thence incorporated in the traditional accounts of the Arab historians . It is thus that the history of the Himyar dynasty ascends far above that of the ...
... ground for be- lieving that national events were chronicled by inscriptions , and thence incorporated in the traditional accounts of the Arab historians . It is thus that the history of the Himyar dynasty ascends far above that of the ...
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... ground for the hope of reaching the truth . At the best , it may perhaps be not im- possible to attain to what is likely . Beyond this latter term i do not stretch my pretensions , ( Vol . I. p . 47. ) These modest pretensions M. C. de ...
... ground for the hope of reaching the truth . At the best , it may perhaps be not im- possible to attain to what is likely . Beyond this latter term i do not stretch my pretensions , ( Vol . I. p . 47. ) These modest pretensions M. C. de ...
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... grounds for believing that a cause of far greater depth and extent had long been at work , paving the way for this emigration . The drying up of the Yemen commerce , and stoppage of the carrying trade , had , no doubt , disorganized ...
... grounds for believing that a cause of far greater depth and extent had long been at work , paving the way for this emigration . The drying up of the Yemen commerce , and stoppage of the carrying trade , had , no doubt , disorganized ...
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... grounds ; but his objections appear to be removed by the explanation of M. C. de Perceval , who makes the Abyssinians to receive the first check and overthrow in 575 , but not to be finally expelled till 597. ( Weil's Mohammed , p . 8 ...
... grounds ; but his objections appear to be removed by the explanation of M. C. de Perceval , who makes the Abyssinians to receive the first check and overthrow in 575 , but not to be finally expelled till 597. ( Weil's Mohammed , p . 8 ...
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... ground : Nomân resolved that the secret should perish with him , and the unfortunate Sinnimâr was precipitated from one of the lofty bastions and dashed to pieces . * Under Nomân Christianity made rapid progress . It was about the year ...
... ground : Nomân resolved that the secret should perish with him , and the unfortunate Sinnimâr was precipitated from one of the lofty bastions and dashed to pieces . * Under Nomân Christianity made rapid progress . It was about the year ...
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