Excerpt from An Essay on HistoryIn his acc'ount of the gentle clifpofition and refined manners of Saladin, ' he perfeé'ély agrees with the Biographer of that monarch The generous Abulfeda', {o liberal in Commemorating the merit of others, has not himfelf wanted an encomiaft, for, according to Herbelot, his eulogy 18 contained in the works of an oriental Poet.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.