Note 056
These words are a text of the Koran, c. ix.
32, lxi. 8. Like our fanatics of the last century, the
Moslems, on every familiar or important occasion, poke the
language of their Scriptures - a style nore natural
in their mouths than the Hebrew idiom, transplanted into the
climate and dialect of Britain.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 51