 | Edward Gibbon - 1789 - 424 pages
...the Caliph; and the well-known anfwer of Omar was infpired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If thefe writings of the Greeks agree with " the book of God , they are ufelefs and need ** not be preferved : if they difagree, they are " pernicious and ought to be deftroyed.... | |
 | George Gregory - 1790 - 456 pages
...The requeft was therefore preferred to Omar ; who replied, with the fpirit of a fanatic, " Ifthefc writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are ufelefc, and deferve not to be preferved ; if they difagree, they are pernicious, gnd ought to be deftroyed."... | |
 | George Gregory - 1795 - 582 pages
...The requeft was therefore preferred to Omar, who replied, with ' the fpirit of a fanatic, " If thefe writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are ufelefs, and deferve not to be preferved ; if they difagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be deftroyed."... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pages
...conqueror. Amrou was in- clined to gratify the wish of the grammarian, but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the .consent...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pages
...inclined to gratify the wish of the grammarian, but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the.minutest object without the. consent of the caliph; and the...these writings of the " Greeks agree with the, book of :<£od, they are " useless and need not be preserved ; jf they " disagree, they are pernicious and... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 pages
...to alienate the minutest object, without the consent of the 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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 pages
...conqueror. Amrou was inclined to gratify the wish of the grammarian, but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the caliph; and the well-known answer o( Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If " these writings of the Greeks agree with... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pages
...CHAP. Amrou was inclined to gratify the wish of the gram' X1 " marian ; but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the Caliph, and the well known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic: "If these writings of " the Greeks... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 522 pages
...conqueror. Amrou was inclined to gratify the wish of the grammarian, but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent...If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book ot God, they are useless, and need not be preserved : if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1030 pages
...without the consent of the caliph. He accord, ingly wrote to Omar, whose well known answer was dictated by the ignorance of a fanatic : " 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,... | |
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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. 
