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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER L: Description Of Arabia And Its Inhabitants
17/33

p.
1, 83, 292, tom.ii.p.25, &c.,) and Niebuhr, (Description de l'Arabie, p.

72-36) I pass slightly; I am not fond of repeating words like a parrot.] [Footnote 40: A familiar tale in Voltaire's Zadig (le Chien et le Cheval) is related, to prove the natural sagacity of the Arabs, (D'Herbelot, Bibliot.Orient.p.120, 121.

Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, tom.
i.p.

37-46: ) but D'Arvieux, or rather La Roque, (Voyage de Palestine, p.

92,) denies the boasted superiority of the Bedoweens.


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