SALE, THE TRANSLATOR OF THE KORAN.

The learned Sale, who first gave to the world a genuine version of

the Koran, pursued his studies through a life of wants. This great

Orientalist, when he quitted his books to go abroad, too often wanted a

change of linen; and he frequently wandered the streets, in search of

some compassionate friend, who might supply him with the meal of the

day.

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