 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 Seiten
...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 ; but for... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 Seiten
...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 months were barely sufficient... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1814 - 454 Seiten
..." 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 of paper... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 488 Seiten
...these writings u " of the Greeks agree with the hook of God, they are ^^^^^ et useless and need not he preserved : if they disagree, " they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind ohedience : the volumes of paper or parchment were distributed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 Seiten
...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 destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience: the volumes of paper or parchment were distributed... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 Seiten
...who said, with regard to the 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 ought to be destroyed." Alexandria is divided into old and new town. The latter extends along the coast, and is the centre... | |
 | Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 Seiten
...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 Alexandria were devoted... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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,... | |
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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. 
