The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1828 |
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... cubits , which deserves admiration ; for the place is round and hollow , and affords such sand as glass is made of ; which place , when it hath been emptied by the many ships there loaded , it is filled again by the winds , which bring ...
... cubits , which deserves admiration ; for the place is round and hollow , and affords such sand as glass is made of ; which place , when it hath been emptied by the many ships there loaded , it is filled again by the winds , which bring ...
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... cubits high . He then seized on a ship which lay in the haven , and leaped into it , with two of his guards , and fled away into the midst of the lake . 7. But now the soldiers he had with him took up their arms immediately , and ...
... cubits high . He then seized on a ship which lay in the haven , and leaped into it , with two of his guards , and fled away into the midst of the lake . 7. But now the soldiers he had with him took up their arms immediately , and ...
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... cubits , and its breadth equal . 3. When they have thus secured themselves , they live together by companies , with quietness and decency , as are all their other affairs managed with good order and security . Each company hath also ...
... cubits , and its breadth equal . 3. When they have thus secured themselves , they live together by companies , with quietness and decency , as are all their other affairs managed with good order and security . Each company hath also ...
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... these he set before the workmen ; and under them these workmen went on with their works in safety , and raised the wall higher , and that both by day and by night , till it was twenty cubits high . 204 B. III . THE JEWISH WAR .
... these he set before the workmen ; and under them these workmen went on with their works in safety , and raised the wall higher , and that both by day and by night , till it was twenty cubits high . 204 B. III . THE JEWISH WAR .
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Flavius Josephus. by night , till it was twenty cubits high . He also built a good number of towers upon the wall , and fitted to it strong battlements . This greatly dis- couraged the Romans , who , in their own opinions , were already ...
Flavius Josephus. by night , till it was twenty cubits high . He also built a good number of towers upon the wall , and fitted to it strong battlements . This greatly dis- couraged the Romans , who , in their own opinions , were already ...
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