 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 pages
...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 540 pages
...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 - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...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,...Othman succeeded Omar, in 645. He added Bactriana, find a part of Tartary, to the Saracen empire. Upon the death of Othman, Ali, the son-in-law of Mahomet,... | |
 | Richard Watson - Bible - 1832 - 1030 pages
...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 of paper or parchment were... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1832 - 428 pages
...barbarian and fanatic : " If 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." The sentence was rigorously executed ; and the whole library, said to contain from 500,000 to 700,000... | |
 | Royal Robbins - World geography - 1833 - 676 pages
...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,...was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 045. lie added Bactriana, and a part of Tartary, to the Saracen empire. Upon the death of Othman, Ali,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1838 - 440 pages
...barbarian and fanatic : " If 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." The sentence was rigorously executed ; and the whole library, said to contain from 500,000 to 700,000... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
