| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...spared; but for all the rest of the wall it was laid so completely even with tl»e ground, by those who dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe it had ever been inhabited." Maimonid.es, a Jewish Rabbin, in Tract. Taanith,... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1824 - 596 pages
...well fortified, which the Roman lour had subdued. But for all the rest of the wall, it was so mpletely levelled with the ground, by those that dug it up...ever been inhabited. This was the end which Jerusalem come to, by the madness of those that were for innovations: *a city otherwise of great magnificence,... | |
| 1824 - 400 pages
...the west wall and three towers, " but for all the rest of the wall, it was sj thoroughly laid even with the ground, by those that dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe thar it had ever been inhabited." And since the time of Titus, Jerusalem... | |
| William Malkin - 1825 - 504 pages
...spared ; but for all the rest of the wall, it was laid so completely even with the ground, by those who dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe it had ever been inhabited." Maimonides, a Jewish rabbin, declares, " that... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1826 - 494 pages
...just retribution for the same ; for the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe it had ever been inhabited. This...city otherwise of great magnificence, and of mighty fame among all mankind. 3. Hereupon Titus ordered those whose business it was to read the list of all... | |
| William Greenfield - 1831 - 310 pages
...completely even with the ground, by those who dug it up from the foundation, that there was nothing left to make those who came thither believe it had ever been inhabited.'* The Jewish writers also inform us, that Turnus Rufus, whom Titus had left in command, ploughed up the... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 536 pages
...thoroughly laid even with the ground, by those who dug it up to the foundation, that there was nothing left to make those who came thither believe it had ever been inhabited."* In quest of plunder, the soldiers literally turned up the ground on which the city and temple had stood,... | |
| Theophilus Evans - 1834 - 318 pages
...which the Roman valour had subdued ; but, for all the rest of the wall, it was so thoroughly laid even with the ground by those that dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe it had evar been inhabited. This was the end which Jerusalem came to by the... | |
| Daniel Dewar - 1838 - 516 pages
...thoroughly laid even with the ground, by those who dug it up to the foundation, that there was nothing left to make those who came thither believe it had ever been inhabited."* A ploughshare, says the infidel historian who records the decline and fall of the Roman empire, was... | |
| Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 570 pages
...thoroughly laid even with the ground by those who dug it up to the foundation, that there was nothing left to make those who came thither believe it had ever...end which Jerusalem came to by the madness of those who were for innovations; a city otherwise of great magnificence, and of mighty fame among all mankind."*... | |
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