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Page viii
... Titus treats him kindly ..... Made prisoner Page 56 . CHAPTER IV . Rejoicings at Ptolemais . Joppa taken . Description of Joppa . The people at Jerusalem angry with Josephus . Tarichæa revolts . Titus makes a speech to his soldiers ...
... Titus treats him kindly ..... Made prisoner Page 56 . CHAPTER IV . Rejoicings at Ptolemais . Joppa taken . Description of Joppa . The people at Jerusalem angry with Josephus . Tarichæa revolts . Titus makes a speech to his soldiers ...
Page ix
... Titus returns with the army to Judea . Josephus accompanies him . Discord in the city continues . Titus appears before the walls with his army . Some lines from the Fall of Jerusalem . " Danger and escape of Titus .... 66 CHAPTER VII ...
... Titus returns with the army to Judea . Josephus accompanies him . Discord in the city continues . Titus appears before the walls with his army . Some lines from the Fall of Jerusalem . " Danger and escape of Titus .... 66 CHAPTER VII ...
Page x
... Titus makes a speech to his army . The story of Sabinus . He deserved a better fate . Tower of Antonia taken , while ... Titus tries to save the Holy House , but in vain . Titus enters it with his commanders . The whole of the Temple ...
... Titus makes a speech to his army . The story of Sabinus . He deserved a better fate . Tower of Antonia taken , while ... Titus tries to save the Holy House , but in vain . Titus enters it with his commanders . The whole of the Temple ...
Page 51
... Titus , the son of Vespasian , who had already distinguished himself by his acts of valour , came , as soon as he possibly could , from Alexandria , and brought his brave legions , to join his father , at Ptolemaïs the king of Arabia ...
... Titus , the son of Vespasian , who had already distinguished himself by his acts of valour , came , as soon as he possibly could , from Alexandria , and brought his brave legions , to join his father , at Ptolemaïs the king of Arabia ...
Page 56
... Titus , had been some time at Ptolemaïs , determined to bring his army up to his assistance , He put his army into the usual order of march . First came the light - armed men and archers , whose part it was to search the woods and watch ...
... Titus , had been some time at Ptolemaïs , determined to bring his army up to his assistance , He put his army into the usual order of march . First came the light - armed men and archers , whose part it was to search the woods and watch ...
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Page 176 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people.
Page 119 - With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; Here towers of war that frown in massy strength. While over all hangs the rich purple eve, As conscious of its being her last farewell Of light and glory to that fated -city, And, as our clouds of battle dust and smoke Are melted into air, behold the temple, In undisturb'd and lone serenity Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven!
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Page 119 - Are melted into air, behold the Temple In undisturbed and lone serenity. Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven ! It stands before us A mount of snow, fretted with golden pinnacles, The very sun, as though he worshipped there, Lingers upon the gilded cedar roofs, And down the long and branching porticoes ; On every flowery-sculptured capital Glitters the homage of his parting beams.