The Arabs in Spain: An Historical Narrative, Volum 2E. Churton, 1840 |
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Pàgina 51
... Suleiman and Abdalla , who testified neither surprise nor resent- ment at the proceeding . The king then left Cordova for Merida , leaving Abdalla as his lieutenant at the former city . The struggles of his early life , the anxieties of ...
... Suleiman and Abdalla , who testified neither surprise nor resent- ment at the proceeding . The king then left Cordova for Merida , leaving Abdalla as his lieutenant at the former city . The struggles of his early life , the anxieties of ...
Pàgina 54
... Suleiman and Haschem met to try their respective force , and the defeat and flight of Suleiman confirmed the power of the king . Again the former united with the banditti of the moun- tains , and was again defeated by the faithful ...
... Suleiman and Haschem met to try their respective force , and the defeat and flight of Suleiman confirmed the power of the king . Again the former united with the banditti of the moun- tains , and was again defeated by the faithful ...
Pàgina 55
... Suleiman to accept the offer of large sums of " peace money , ” and to retire to Tangiers . The momen tary excitement , caused by these revolts , soon subsided , and the different lieute- nants of the King , from time to time , entered ...
... Suleiman to accept the offer of large sums of " peace money , ” and to retire to Tangiers . The momen tary excitement , caused by these revolts , soon subsided , and the different lieute- nants of the King , from time to time , entered ...
Pàgina 67
... . The two uncles of the King were no sooner apprized of his accession , than they once more raised the standard of revolt . Suleiman assembled a large force of barbarians at Tangiers , and sailed immediately for THE ARABS IN SPAIN . 67.
... . The two uncles of the King were no sooner apprized of his accession , than they once more raised the standard of revolt . Suleiman assembled a large force of barbarians at Tangiers , and sailed immediately for THE ARABS IN SPAIN . 67.
Pàgina 69
... Suleiman and Abdalla escaped into Valencia , where they busied themselves in again collecting forces to maintain their cause . But their nephew allowed them no respite , he arrived in Murcia , sought them out , and by a signal defeat ...
... Suleiman and Abdalla escaped into Valencia , where they busied themselves in again collecting forces to maintain their cause . But their nephew allowed them no respite , he arrived in Murcia , sought them out , and by a signal defeat ...
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Abassides Abdal Abdallah Abdalmalec Abdalrahman Aben Hamoud Africa Al-Hakim Alamerites alarmed Almagreb Alman Almansour Almondhir Almudafar Amer amidst Andalousian appeared Arabian Arabs arms army arts Asturias Azhara battle Berber body Caleb Caliph capital Cardonne Casiri Cassim Catalonia cess Ceuta Christians Conde Cordova Count of Castille death defeated Douro East Eastern Eastern world Emir empire enemies excited faithful father favourite forces frontiers Gallicia Haffsoun Hageb Hagib Haïran Haschem Hisp honour Jaën Jussuff King of Leon King's kingdom Merida Mervan Mohammed Mohammedanism monarch Mortadi mosque Muhammed murder Mussulmans narch noble Obeidallah Ommiades palace peace pillage poet prince proclaimed provinces Pyrenees quisquid rahman Ramiro rebellion rebels reign retired retreat returned to Cordova revenge revolt rich royal Samail Sancho seized sent Seville siege sovereign Spain Spanish splendour success Suleiman throne tion Toledo town treaty tribes troops valour victory Vide virtues Wali Wazir Whada Yahic Zanites
Passatges populars
Pàgina 224 - ... every other branch of useful knowledge is taught to perfection, a new and ample field would be opened for speculation; we should have a more extensive insight into the history of the human mind, we should be furnished with a new set of images and similitudes; and a number of excellent compositions would be brought to light, which future scholars might explain, and future poets might...
Pàgina 48 - His real merit is doubtless enhanced by the barbarism of the nation and the times from which he emerged : but the apparent magnitude of an object is likewise enlarged by an unequal comparison ; and the ruins of Palmyra derive a casual splendour from the nakedness of the surrounding desert.
Pàgina 223 - I must request, that, in bestowing these praises on the writings of Asia, I may not be thought to derogate from the merit of the Greek and Latin poems, which have...
Pàgina 223 - ... a new and ample field would be opened for speculation; we should have a more extensive insight into the history of the human mind ; we should be furnished with a new set of images and similitudes; and a number of excellent compositions would be brought to light, which future scholars might explain, and future poets might imitate.'* After Harrow, a tutorship to Lord Althorp had given Jones the means to enter University College, Oxford.
Pàgina 223 - ... fables : and it has been my endeavour for several years to inculcate this truth, — ' That, if the principal writings of the Asiatics which are reposited in our public libraries were printed with the usual advantage of notes and illustrations, and if the languages of the Eastern nations were studied in our...
Pàgina 223 - Eastern nations were studied in our great seminaries of learning, where every other branch of useful knowledge is taught to perfection, a new and ample field would be opened for speculation; we should have a more extensive insight into the history of the human mind; we should be furnished with a new set of images and similitudes; and...
Pàgina 87 - The superior prerogative of birth, when it has obtained the sanction of time and popular opinion, is the plainest and least invidious of all distinctions among mankind. The acknowledged right extinguishes the hopes of faction, and the conscious security disarms the cruelty of the monarch. To the firm establishment of this idea we owe the peaceful succession and mild administration of European monarchies.
Pàgina 258 - Omrniades, did not hesitate to allow the total pillage of all that which, in the hurry and confusion of the moment, had escaped the avarice of the African guards. Muhammed then hastened after the retreating Suleiman, with whose forces he came up on the plain near Ronda. While slowly approaching the port of Algeciras, Suleiman meditated on his...
Pàgina 200 - ... literary institutions which adorned the towns on the northern coast of their sandy plains. The sun of science arose even in Almagreb, and the manners of the Moorish savage were softened by philosophy. — Hist, of Mohammedanism, c. 6, p. 386. The establishment of the Saracens in the Peninsula (Spain) was completed in the eighth century, and the elder Spanish romances are strongly tinged with Arabic. sterner chaunt of the bard could excite the 'warrior to arms, as the lay of the minstrel enchanted...
Pàgina 249 - No existe ya; pero quedó en el orbe Tanta memoria de sus altos hechos, Que podrás, admirado, conocerle, Cual si le vieras hoy presente y vivo. Tal fué, que nunca, en sucesion eterna, Darán los siglos adalid segundo, Que asi, venciendo en guerras, el imperio Del pueblo de Ismael acrezca y guarde.