 | Royal Robbins - 1839 - 754 oldal
...ignorance of a savage, and the illiberality of a fanatic. " If," said he to Amrou, " these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not...preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Omar was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 645. He added Bactriana,... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 192 oldal
...in this enlightened dogma : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God,* they 140 are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed."* If the Theatre be a " mass of evil," its component parts must be of similar... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 194 oldal
...in this enlightened dogma : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God,* they 140 are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed."* If the Theatre be a " mass of evil," its component parts must be of similar... | |
 | 1840 - 430 oldal
...of the city, had referred the matter. " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God [the Koran], they are useless, and need not be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed."—" The sentence," says Gibbon, " was executed with blind obedience: the volumes... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1840 - 692 oldal
...zeal for the doctrines of the Koran, "if these writings of the Greeks, agree with the word of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." But the most brilliant example of successful commerce, either in the ancient... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1840 - 468 oldal
...zeal for the doctrines of the Koran, " if these writings of the Greeks, agree with the word of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." Hut the most brilliant example of successful commerce, either in the ancient... | |
 | 1840 - 792 oldal
...library of 700,000 volumes : " 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 lie destroyed ;" — so upturned and pillaged for materials, wherewith to rear and adorn other... | |
 | 1841 - 272 oldal
...has been often quoted : — "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." The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 oldal
...has been often quoted: — " 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." Nevertheless, the above story is disputed by several writers, and denied by... | |
 | 1841 - 848 oldal
...library of 700,000 volumes : " 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;" • — so upturned and pillaged for materials, wherewith to rear and adorn... | |
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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. 
