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  • Even so dayly in the bowels of the Earth are procreated Metals, and Perspicuous

    The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius

  • Sometimes he occupies his time by reading in the Perspicuous Book; on rare occasions he will leave his little nest and make dignified way to the shop of an adool or scribe, who reads pious writings to a select company of devotees.

    Morocco S.L. Bensusan

  • He taught at Paris for some time and was known as the Plain and Perspicuous Doctor (Doctor planus et perspicuus).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • There he bade Tsamanni fling a purse to the crouching beggars -- for is it not written in the Most Perspicuous Book that of alms ye shall bestow what ye can spare, for such as are saved from their own greed shall prosper, and whatever ye give in alms, as seeking the face of Allah shall be doubled unto you?

    The Sea-Hawk Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • Y: The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the Hour": Say, "Nay! but most surely, by my Lord, it will come upon you; - by Him Who knows the unseen, - from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth: Nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is in the Record Perspicuous:"

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • She, according to what is related, was skilled in diverse arts, amazed the understandings and thoughts of the most eminent masters by her eloquent dissertations on the exegesis and tradition of the Perspicuous Book, and was a mighty sign in the doctrines of the glorious _Sh_ay_kh_ of Ahsá.

    A Traveler’s Narrative 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

  • Perspicuous Book which would lead me to pronounce them infidels.

    A Traveler’s Narrative 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

  • Perspicuous Religion were lamenting, the common folk clamorous and agitated, and the Friends rejoicing and applauding.

    A Traveler’s Narrative 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

  • Perspicuous Religion, is a meddler with custom and creed, and a troubler of kings and emperors.

    A Traveler’s Narrative 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

  • They also considered the conversion of austere and recluse doctors and eminent votaries of the Perspicuous Religion [of Islám] as a valid proof, deemed the steadfastness and constancy of the Báb a most mighty sign, and related miracles and the like; which things, being altogether foreign to our purpose, we have passed by with brevity, and will now proceed with our original topic.

    A Traveler’s Narrative 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

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