 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 oldal
...the ignorant and fanatical caliph, to whom he applied for instructions, ordered it to be destroyed. ' If,' said he, ' these writings of the Greeks agree...preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes... | |
 | Nicholas Michell - 1850 - 410 oldal
...of profane books, gave them over as fuel to the four thousand baths of the city. " If," said Omar, " these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." (30) PAGE 81. Of Rome's famed son, who perished on yon deep. The monument commonly... | |
 | 1850 - 268 oldal
...caliph, to whom he applied for instructions, ordered it to be destroyed. ' If,' said he, ' these writing* of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless,...preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes... | |
 | 1851 - 440 oldal
...the ignorant and fanatical caliph, to whom he applied for instructions, ordered it to be destroyed. "If," said he, "these writings of the Greeks agree...preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1853 - 694 oldal
...bigoted reply of Omar. " If," said the latter, " 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." Commerce never again revived in Egypt after the sacking of this city, and for... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1854 - 894 oldal
...disposition he should make of the famous Alexandrian library, the caliph replied, " If these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not...preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and should be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience, and this vast store of ancient... | |
 | Thomas Galland Horton - 1854 - 116 oldal
...fanatical successor of the pro|ihf t, " 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." This sentence was executed with blind obedience; the volumes of paper and parchment... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1854 - 332 oldal
...believed of Omar's fanatical decision : — "If these writings of the Greeks agree with the books of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Accordingly they were employed to heat the four thousand baths of the city;... | |
 | Philip Gell - 1854 - 428 oldal
...word of the barbarous and fanatic Omar. " 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." The sentence was executed with blind obedience : the volumes were distributed... | |
 | Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 oldal
...believed of Omar's fanatical decision : — " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the books of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Accordingly they were employed to heat "the 4000 baths of the city ; and such... | |
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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. 
