Excerpt from Philosopical Rhapsodies, Vol. 1 of 3: Fragments of Akbur of Betlis; Containing Reflections on the Laws, Manners, Customs and Religions, of Certain Asiatic, Afric, and European Nations The following Fragments were writ ten by a native of Affyria, who, in very early youth, was removed to the continent of Europe, and thence to England. -du ring his refidence in England with a friend of his father's, he became infirufied in its language, and in the principles of its religion. He then travelled; and in va rious countries threw together the reflec tions which appear in the following fheets. The imperfee'cions of ltyle, and the want of method, obfervable in the ar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.