 | 1849 - 586 páginas
...doomed it to destruction. " If," said he, " 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 deserve to be destroyed." These precious treasures were doomed to the ignoble end of lighting the fires... | |
 | Nicholas Michell - 1850 - 410 páginas
...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1850 - 268 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 440 páginas
...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 - 1853 - 694 páginas
...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 - 1854 - 116 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1854 - 332 páginas
...believed of Omar's fanatical decision : — "If these writings of the Greeks agree with the books of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Accordingly they were employed to heat the four thousand baths of the city; and such was the number,... | |
 | Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 páginas
...believed of Omar's fanatical decision : — " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the books of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Accordingly they were employed to heat "the 4000 baths of the city ; and such was the number, that... | |
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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. 
