The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... death in battle before one by hunger and thirst . 14. However , Josephus contrived another stratagem besides the foregoing to get plenty of what they wanted . There was a certain rough and uneven place that could hardly be ascended ...
... death in battle before one by hunger and thirst . 14. However , Josephus contrived another stratagem besides the foregoing to get plenty of what they wanted . There was a certain rough and uneven place that could hardly be ascended ...
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... death as that was , and fled to the Romans ; by whom Cerealis understood that those which still stayed there were very much broken by their misfortunes . So he went up the mountain , and having placed his forces round about the enemy ...
... death as that was , and fled to the Romans ; by whom Cerealis understood that those which still stayed there were very much broken by their misfortunes . So he went up the mountain , and having placed his forces round about the enemy ...
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... death . O Josephus ! art thou still fond of life ? and canst thou bear to see the light in a state of slavery ? How soon hast thou forgotten thyself ? How many hast thou persuaded to lose their lives for liberty IV . -5 C. VIII . ] 49 ...
... death . O Josephus ! art thou still fond of life ? and canst thou bear to see the light in a state of slavery ? How soon hast thou forgotten thyself ? How many hast thou persuaded to lose their lives for liberty IV . -5 C. VIII . ] 49 ...
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... death from the sword of the Romans , I am truly worthy to be killed by my own sword and my own hand : but if they admit of mercy , and would spare their enemy , how much more ought we to have mercy upon our- selves , and to spare ...
... death from the sword of the Romans , I am truly worthy to be killed by my own sword and my own hand : but if they admit of mercy , and would spare their enemy , how much more ought we to have mercy upon our- selves , and to spare ...
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... deaths to determination by lot . He whom the lot falls to first , let him be killed by him that hath the second lot ... death , if Josephus might but die with them , sweeter than life : yet was he with another left to the last , whether ...
... deaths to determination by lot . He whom the lot falls to first , let him be killed by him that hath the second lot ... death , if Josephus might but die with them , sweeter than life : yet was he with another left to the last , whether ...
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Page 479 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 485 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
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Page 479 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...