The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Volume 4W. Borradaile, 1824 |
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... dead bodies , still lying unburied ; and those of old men , mixed with infants , all dead and scattered about together . Wo- men also lay amongst them , without any covering . The whole province was indeed full of inexpressible ...
... dead bodies , still lying unburied ; and those of old men , mixed with infants , all dead and scattered about together . Wo- men also lay amongst them , without any covering . The whole province was indeed full of inexpressible ...
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... dead upon heaps . Nor had the remainder been preserved , had they not be- taken themselves to supplication . So Alexander commiserated their condition , and gave orders to the Romans to retire . Ac- cordingly , these being accustomed to ...
... dead upon heaps . Nor had the remainder been preserved , had they not be- taken themselves to supplication . So Alexander commiserated their condition , and gave orders to the Romans to retire . Ac- cordingly , these being accustomed to ...
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... dead bodies , and gathered the prey toge- * See Book V. chap . 6 . + Many of the military machines in use in these early ages were very lumber- some and unwieldly , so that they were obliged , from necessity , to abandon them in ...
... dead bodies , and gathered the prey toge- * See Book V. chap . 6 . + Many of the military machines in use in these early ages were very lumber- some and unwieldly , so that they were obliged , from necessity , to abandon them in ...
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... dead ; with two of their generals , John and Silas : and the greater part of the remainder were wounded , with Niger , their remaining general ; who fled away together to a small city of Idumea , called Sallis . Some few also of the ...
... dead ; with two of their generals , John and Silas : and the greater part of the remainder were wounded , with Niger , their remaining general ; who fled away together to a small city of Idumea , called Sallis . Some few also of the ...
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... dead one upon another by the darts and stones which the engines threw upon them ; yet did they not desert the wall : but fell upon those that managed the ram , under the protection of the hurdles , with fire and iron weapons , and ...
... dead one upon another by the darts and stones which the engines threw upon them ; yet did they not desert the wall : but fell upon those that managed the ram , under the protection of the hurdles , with fire and iron weapons , and ...
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