"Saladin" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Angelus made a treaty with Saladin, and tried to purchase the Holy Sepulchre with gold. Richard Lion-heart scorned such alliance, and sought to recover it by battle. Thus do weak minds make treaties with the passions they cannot overcome, and try to purchase happiness ...
— Hyperion • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
... postscript which tells how the daughter of the Sultan and the Countess, who is termed La Bele Caitive, captivates and marries a Turk of great rank, and becomes the mother of no less a person than the great Saladin himself—a consummation no doubt very satisfactory to the Miss Martha Buskbodies ...
— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury |
