The last nine books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with the life of Flavius Josephus written by himselfFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... armed alfo , out of regard to their great courage . " So he commanded the trumpeters to found for the battle : And by thus falling upon the enemies when they did not expect it , and thereby astonishing and disturbing their minds , he ...
... armed alfo , out of regard to their great courage . " So he commanded the trumpeters to found for the battle : And by thus falling upon the enemies when they did not expect it , and thereby astonishing and disturbing their minds , he ...
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... the enemy with great courage , and flew about fix hundred of the first ranks . But when his brother Eleazar , whom they called Auran , faw the talleft of all the elephants armed Chap . IX . ] ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS . 47.
... the enemy with great courage , and flew about fix hundred of the first ranks . But when his brother Eleazar , whom they called Auran , faw the talleft of all the elephants armed Chap . IX . ] ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS . 47.
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Flavius Josephus. Auran , faw the talleft of all the elephants armed with royal breafl - plates , and fuppofed that the king was upon him , he attacked him with great quickness and bravery . He allo flew many of thofe that were about the ...
Flavius Josephus. Auran , faw the talleft of all the elephants armed with royal breafl - plates , and fuppofed that the king was upon him , he attacked him with great quickness and bravery . He allo flew many of thofe that were about the ...
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Flavius Josephus. watchmen beyond his camp , and kept all his forces armed all night ; and he gave them a charge to be of good courage , and to have their minds prepared to fight in the night time , if they hould be obliged fo to do ...
Flavius Josephus. watchmen beyond his camp , and kept all his forces armed all night ; and he gave them a charge to be of good courage , and to have their minds prepared to fight in the night time , if they hould be obliged fo to do ...
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... armed , they should kill him ; yet did he fend to Antigonus , and defired that he would come unarmed ; But the queen , and thofe that joined with her in the plot against Anti- gonus , perfuaded the meffenger to tell him the direct ...
... armed , they should kill him ; yet did he fend to Antigonus , and defired that he would come unarmed ; But the queen , and thofe that joined with her in the plot against Anti- gonus , perfuaded the meffenger to tell him the direct ...
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Page 339 - Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ...
Page 224 - This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 423 - I, who was by you called immortal, am immediately to be hurried away by death. But I am bound to accept of what Providence allots, as it pleases God ; for we have by no means lived ill, but in a splendid and happy manner.
Page 347 - Herod, who feared lest the great influence John had over the people might put it into his power and inclination to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best by putting him to death to prevent any mischief he might cause...
Page 334 - Gennesareth, unto the dignity of a city, both by the number of inhabitants it contained, and its other grandeur, and called it by the name of Julias, the same name with Caesar's daughter.
Page 333 - These men agree in all other things with the Pharisaic notions; but they have an inviolable attachment to liberty, and say that God is to be their only Ruler and Lord. They also do not value dying any kinds of death, nor indeed do they heed the deaths of their relations and friends, nor can any such fear make them call any man lord.