Excerpt from Alixis: A Tale of the HaremIII And like the Hebrews Of the olden school, Who strove to compass what the fates decreed, I learned the articles Of faith by rule, That none might tempt me to renounce my creed, Or, feigning Islam, to deny my breed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.