 | 1870 - 494 pages
...replied, " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of GOD, they are useless and need not he preserved ; if they disagree they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The parchments and MSS. were accordingly used for fuel in the baths of Alexandria, and so vast was... | |
 | 1851 - 620 pages
...applied for instructions, ordered it to be destroyed. "If," said he, "these writings of the Greeks agree With the Koran, they are useless, and need not...disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes of parchment or papyrus... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1849 - 428 pages
...said to hava returned the following answer, characteristic of an ignorant barbarian and fanatic : " If these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless,...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence, as is related by numerous authors, was executed by using this vast collection of the... | |
 | Arts - 1850 - 268 pages
...applied for instructions, ordered it to be destroyed. ' If,' said he, ' these writing* of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes of parchment or papyrus... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 pages
...applied for instructions, ordered it to be destroyed. ' If,' said he, ' these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes of parchment or papyrus... | |
 | Nicholas Michell - 1850 - 410 pages
...over as fuel to the four thousand baths of the city. " If," said Omar, " these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not...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 called Pompey's... | |
 | Missouri - 1851 - 440 pages
...applied for instructions, ordered it to be destroyed. "If," said he, "these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not...disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes of parchment or papyrus... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - Southern States - 1853 - 694 pages
...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 a time the commerce of... | |
 | Thomas Galland Horton - Turkey - 1854 - 116 pages
...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...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." This sentence was executed with blind obedience; the volumes of paper and parchment were distributed... | |
 | Philip Gell - 1854 - 428 pages
...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 for fuel to the four... | |
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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. 
