 | 1853 - 820 pages
...length the besieged are giving way Beneath the charge of that terrible fray, * " Before sunselting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were...about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities." — Joseplius. •f The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great... | |
 | 1853 - 796 pages
...length the besieged are giving way Beneath the charge of that terrible fray, * " Before sunselting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were seen running about among the clouds, anil surrounding of cities." — Josephvs. t The sun shall be turned into darkness, ;-mi the moon into... | |
 | Daniel Dana Buck - 1856 - 480 pages
...second month of the ecclesiastical year,] a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable,...sun-setting, chariots, and troops of soldiers in their armor, were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities ! " " Moreover, at the feast... | |
 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1857 - 428 pages
...night." This, the learned of Jerusalem understood as a signal of approaching desolation. Moreover, " before sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers, in their armour, were seen 11 lining about among the clouds and surrounding cities." * A nt. b. 3. c. xv. 3. t Lardner, iii. 499.... | |
 | Alexandre-Jacques-François Brierre de Boismont - 1859 - 476 pages
...says Plavius Josephus, on the 27th of May, a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable,...a nature as to deserve such signals ; for, before sun* Flutarchus : De Sera numinus vindicata. setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour... | |
 | Alexandre-Jacques-François Brierre de Boismont - 1860 - 456 pages
...says Flavins Josephus, on the 27th of May, a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable,...sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding cities. Moreover, at the feast which... | |
 | Philip Charles Soulbien Desprez - 1861 - 540 pages
...deny, if it could be denied, that the account of one of these prodigies would seem a fable, were if not related by those that saw it, and were not the...considerable a nature as to deserve such signals. The assertion made, that these signs were so evident, and did so plainly foretel their future desolation.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 554 pages
...prophet, as He foretold, appeared ; a dismal comet or sword-like star shone over the city for a year ; chariots, and troops of soldiers in their armour, were seen running about amongst the clouds and the surrounding towns. As the priests were going into the temple, before its... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 558 pages
...prophet-, as He foretold, appeared ; a dismal comet or sword-like star shone over the city for a year ; chariots, and troops of soldiers in their armour, were seen running about amongst the clouds and the surrounding towns. As the priests were going into the temple, before its... | |
 | Evan Powell Meredith - 1864 - 634 pages
...twentieth day of the month Artemisius (Jyar), a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable,...considerable a nature as to deserve such signals ; for before sunset, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour, were seen running about among the clouds and... | |
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Besides these, a few days after that feast, on the one and twentieth day of the month Artemisius [Jyar], a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. l suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw... 
