 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 sidor
...the ig- CHAP, norance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the Greeks agree LI" with the book of God, they are useless and need not be " preserved : if they disagree, they are peruicious and ought " to be destroyed. " The sentence was executed with blind obedience : the volumes... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 sidor
...inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the " Greeks agree with the book of God, they are " useless and need not be preserved ; if they " disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be F f 4 " destroyed." . * Many treatises of this lover of labour (BOTTOM?) are still extant... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 sidor
...celebrated Library, is well known. " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, or book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." They were accordingly distributed among the 4000 baths of the city, and six... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1814 - 454 sidor
...fanatic. " If" (replied he) " these writings of the Greeks agree with " the Koran, or Book of God, they are useless " and need not be preserved; if they disagree, " they are pernicious and ought to be de" stroyed." — The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience : the volumes... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 sidor
...caliph. To this request, Omar answered, "if these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." This sentence was executed with blind obedience; the volumes of paper or parchment... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 sidor
...the taking of the city, by the order of the caliph Omar, who said, with regard to the library ; " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Alexandria is divided into old and new town. The latter extends along the coast,... | |
 | William Rae Wilson - 1824 - 506 sidor
...consideration of the Caliph. " If these books," observed Omer, in his answer, " agree with the book of God, (Koran,) they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." They were destroyed accordingly, and many are disposed to believe that a great... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 sidor
...inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic: "If these writings of " the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are " useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, " they are pei'nicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience: the volumes... | |
 | Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 sidor
...ordered by the Saracen. ' If ' these writings of the Greeks,' said Omar, ' agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' In accordance with the order of supreme ignorance, the parchment volumes of... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 sidor
...disposed to say of them as the barbarian Sultan Omar said of the famous Alexandrian Library — « If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...disagree, they are pernicious, and must be destroyed.' Other books have their use, and are valuable in their place ; but let us first take the holy scriptures,... | |
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If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed. 
