 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 pàgines
...the ig- CHAP, norance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the Greeks agree LI" with the book of God, they are useless and need not be " preserved : if they disagree, they are peruicious and ought " to be destroyed. " The sentence was executed with blind obedience : the volumes... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pàgines
...inspired by 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 F f 4 " destroyed." . * Many treatises of this lover of labour (BOTTOM?) are still extant ; but for... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 pàgines
...celebrated 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 pàgines
...fanatic. " 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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 pàgines
...caliph. To this request, Omar answered, "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." This sentence was executed with blind obedience; the volumes of paper or parchment were distributed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 pàgines
...inspired by 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 pàgines
...order of the caliph Omar, who said, with regard to the library ; " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are .useless, and need...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... | |
 | William Rae Wilson - 1824 - 506 pàgines
...consideration of the Caliph. " If these books," observed Omer, in his answer, " agree with the book of God, (Koran,) they are useless, and need not be preserved...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." They were destroyed accordingly, and many are disposed to believe that a great mass of human presumption... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pàgines
...inspired by 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 pei'nicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience: the volumes... | |
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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. 
