 | George Gregory - 1790 - 456 стор.
...The requeft was therefore preferred to Omar ; who replied, with the fpirit of a fanatic, " Ifthefc writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are ufelefc, and deferve not to be preferved ; if they difagree, they are pernicious, gnd ought to be deftroyed."... | |
 | George Gregory - 1795 - 582 стор.
...The requeft was therefore preferred to Omar, who replied, with ' the fpirit of a fanatic, " If thefe writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are ufelefs, and deferve not to be preferved ; if they difagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be deftroyed."... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 стор.
...Red Sea. This inland navigation, which would have joined the, Mediterranean and the gratify His wish: but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object, without the consent of the caliph. To this request, Omar answered, "if these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 стор.
...weight among 30,000 cameU. t CHAP. Amrou was inclined to gratify the wish of the gram' X1 " marian ; but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest...object without the consent of the Caliph, and the well known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic: "If these writings of " the Greeks... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1030 стор.
...without the consent of the caliph. He accord, ingly wrote to Omar, whose well known answer was dictated by the ignorance of a fanatic : " 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,... | |
 | Phenix - 1835 - 312 стор.
...preserve the royal Library, a treasure in his opinion inestimable, contemptible in that of the barbarians. The well-known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a devotee: " If," says he, " these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless,... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 194 стор.
...lieutenant Amrou, as to the disposal of the Alexandrian Library, replied in this enlightened dogma : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God,* they 140 are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 192 стор.
...lieutenant Amrou, as to the disposal of the Alexandrian Library, replied in this enlightened dogma : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God,* they 140 are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be... | |
 | 1840 - 430 стор.
...the decision of the Caliph Omar, to whom Amrou, the conqueror of the city, had referred the matter. " If 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... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 462 стор.
...superior, the khalif 'Omar, asking for instructions." The khalif's answer was thus conceived : " If the 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." In compliance with... | |
| |
of the Greeks agree with the hook of God, they are useless and " need not be preserved : if they disagree, they are pernicious and 
