 | Robert Henlopen Labberton - History - 1872 - 264 pages
...the caliph, "these writings of the Uret-ks agree with the Koran, they are lutvleeä, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.'* 224 2 WILLIAM 11., IlOO PI.AXTAGEXET 6 RlCn.UUl I., ЦП» The Black Prince 12 HICHAM) II, 1400 The... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin Prime - California - 1872 - 482 pages
...replied, " 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." In what remains of ancient Alexandria there is nothing more interesting than the site of ancient Pharos,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1873 - 860 pages
...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." Accordingly, it is said, they were employed to heat the 4,000 baths of the city; and such was their... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, John Gardner Wilkinson - Egypt - 1873 - 546 pages
...fanatic, 'Jf 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,' " doomed them to destruction. Such was the sentence said to have been pronounced by the impetuous Omar.... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 pages
...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." Accordingly, it is said, the books were distributed to the various baths in Alexandria, to be burnt... | |
 | Mary Elsie Thalheimer - History, Modern - 1874 - 536 pages
...If these writings of the Greeks," said he, "agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." The inestimable manuscripts were distributed for kindling among the 4,000 baths of the city; and such... | |
 | Charles Sherwill Dawe - History - 1874 - 282 pages
...he replied: "If these writings agree with the Word of God (Koran), they are useless and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." In the ten years of Omar's reign " the Saracens reduced to his obedience 36,000 cities or castles,... | |
 | American literature - 1874 - 414 pages
...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.' Accordingly, it is said, they were employed to heat the 4000 baths of the city; and such was their... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Egypt - 1875 - 546 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,' " doomed them to destruction. Such was the sentence said to have been pronounced by the impetuous Omar.... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...'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.' (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch. li.) L. 86. Vandals : One of the Teutonic nations which... | |
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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. 
