This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...Disdained? Templar. Not utterly did he reject me, The cautious father: but he must consider; Must make inquiries. Did I not the same? Did I not first consider and inquire, When she was shrieking in the flames? By heaven I A noble thing to be so wise, so cautious I Saladin. Nay; be indulgent to his years I How ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...Disdained? Templar. Not utterly did he reject me, The cautious father: but he must consider; Must make inquiries. Did I not the same? Did I not first consider and inquire, When she was shrieking in the flames? By heaven I A noble thing to be so wise, so cautious I Saladin. Nay; be indulgent to his years I How long Will his refusal hold? till you turn Jew? Templar. Who knows? Saladin. Who knows? He who reads Nathan better. Templar. That superstition which has grown with us, Know it for superstition though we may, Relaxes not for that its hold upon us. Not all who scorn their chains are free. Saladin. Well said; But Nathan--Templar. Tis the worst of superstitions To deem one's own the most endurable. Saladin. That may be so; but Nathan--Templar. As the one In which alone purblind humanity May trust, till it can bear the clearer day Of truth; the only one--Saladin. Well, well; but Nathan I Such weakness cannot be the doom of Nathan. Templar. So thought I too; but if this paragon Were so the common Jew, that Christian children He seeks to gain, to bring them up as Jews--What then? Saladin. Who is it brings such charge against him r Templar. That very maiden he decoyed me with, With hope of whom he seemed so glad to pay The service I was not to be allowed To render her for nothing;--she herself Is not his daughter, but a Christian child Lost to her faith. Saladin. OALADIN. Whom yet he could refuse you? Templar. Refuse or not, I have discovered him! This tolerant pretender is exposed I I'll set upon the track of this Jew wolf In his sheep's clothing of philosophy, Hounds that shall tear and worry. Saladin (sternly). Christian, peace I Templar. Fcacc, Christian, peace I What? Mussulman and Jew Are to insist on Mussulman and Jew, And only Christians must...
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