 | Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 pages
...deplored the destruction ordered by the Saracen. ' If ' these writings of the Greeks,' said Omar, ' agree with the book of God, they are useless and need...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' In accordance with the order of supreme ignorance, the parchment volumes of Alexandria were devoted... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 pages
...said of the famous Alexandrian Library — « If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and must be destroyed.' Other books have their use, and are valuable in their place ; but let us first... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1830 - 368 pages
...Omar said of the famous Alexandrian Library —' If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and must be destroyed.' Other books have tbeir use, and are valuable in their place; but let us first take... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...and the illiberality of a fanatic. " If," said he to Amrou, " these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Omar was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 645. He added Bactriana, find a part of Tartary,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 pages
...savage, and the illiberality of a fanatic. "If," said he to Amrou, "these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Omar was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 045. lie added Bactriana, and a part of Tartary,... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...well-known answer: " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and not to be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Gibbon says, " The sentence was executed with blind obedience ; the volumes of paper or parchment were... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...well known, and 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;...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Nevertheless the above story is disputed by_ several writers, and denied by Gibbon, the historian,... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1838 - 640 pages
...often-quoted answer : — " 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." It has been transmitted, as an historical fact, that these literary treasures were applied to heating... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1839 - 754 pages
...and the illiberality of a fanatic. " If," said he to Amrou, " these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Omar was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 645. He added Bactriana, and a part of Tartary,... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 194 pages
...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 quality, and if we abolish... | |
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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 de stroyed. 
