The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... tower belonging to a village called Bezedel . However , Antonius and his party , that they might neither spend any considerable time about this tower , which was hard to be taken , nor suffer their com- mander , and the most courageous ...
... tower belonging to a village called Bezedel . However , Antonius and his party , that they might neither spend any considerable time about this tower , which was hard to be taken , nor suffer their com- mander , and the most courageous ...
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... towers at equal distances , where between the towers stand the engines for throwing arrows and darts , and for slinging stones , and where they lay all other engines that can annoy the enemy , all ready for their several opera- tions ...
... towers at equal distances , where between the towers stand the engines for throwing arrows and darts , and for slinging stones , and where they lay all other engines that can annoy the enemy , all ready for their several opera- tions ...
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... towers upon the wall , and fitted to it strong battlements . This greatly discouraged the Romans , who , in their own opinions , were already gotten within the walls , while they were now at once astonished at Josephus's contrivance ...
... towers upon the wall , and fitted to it strong battlements . This greatly discouraged the Romans , who , in their own opinions , were already gotten within the walls , while they were now at once astonished at Josephus's contrivance ...
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... tower so strong or walls so broad that one can resist any more than its first batteries , but are all forced to yield to it at last . This was the experiment which the Roman general betook himself to , when he was eagerly bent upon ...
... tower so strong or walls so broad that one can resist any more than its first batteries , but are all forced to yield to it at last . This was the experiment which the Roman general betook himself to , when he was eagerly bent upon ...
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... towers ; for no body of men could be so strong as not to be overthrown to the last rank by the largeness of the stones . And any one may learn the force of the engines by what happened this very night ; for as one of those that stood ...
... towers ; for no body of men could be so strong as not to be overthrown to the last rank by the largeness of the stones . And any one may learn the force of the engines by what happened this very night ; for as one of those that stood ...
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