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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... famine . And he con- cluded he should conquer them the more easily in fighting , if he gave them an interval , and then fell upon them when they were weakened by famine . But still he gave orders that they should guard against their ...
... famine . And he con- cluded he should conquer them the more easily in fighting , if he gave them an interval , and then fell upon them when they were weakened by famine . But still he gave orders that they should guard against their ...
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... famine . But the men of war sustained the siege till the two and twentieth day of the month Hyperbereteus , or Tisri . When three soldiers of the fifteenth legion , about the morning watch , got un- der a high tower that was near them ...
... famine . But the men of war sustained the siege till the two and twentieth day of the month Hyperbereteus , or Tisri . When three soldiers of the fifteenth legion , about the morning watch , got un- der a high tower that was near them ...
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... famine therein . There were besides these , other robbers that came out of the country , and came into the city , and joining to them those that were worse than themselves , omitted no kind of barbarity . For they did not measure their ...
... famine therein . There were besides these , other robbers that came out of the country , and came into the city , and joining to them those that were worse than themselves , omitted no kind of barbarity . For they did not measure their ...
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... famine and pestilence in this war ; and besides all , that they might come to the mutual slaughter of one another all which imprecations God confirmed against these im- pious men and which came most justly upon them , when not long ...
... famine and pestilence in this war ; and besides all , that they might come to the mutual slaughter of one another all which imprecations God confirmed against these im- pious men and which came most justly upon them , when not long ...
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... famine before , from that time supplied a numerous posterity , and afforded great abundance to the country . Accord- ingly the power of it is so great , in watering the ground , that if it but once touch a country , it affords a sweeter ...
... famine before , from that time supplied a numerous posterity , and afforded great abundance to the country . Accord- ingly the power of it is so great , in watering the ground , that if it but once touch a country , it affords a sweeter ...
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