 | Charles Thompson (fict. name.) - 1744 - 470 pages
...themfdves, and threw the Hook againft the Targets of the Befiegers, where if {luck faft, and gave thcTyrians an Opportunity either of plucking their Targets out...from the Towers. Some, by throwing large Nets over the Macedcniaps engaged on the Bridges, fo entangled their Hand?, that they could neither ufe them... | |
 | World history - 1747 - 524 pages
...whereof they held themfelves), which, being thrown at a little diftance, ftuck in the enemies targets, and gave the Tyrians an opportunity, either of plucking their targets out of their hands, and by that means expofing them, without defence, to fliowcrs of darts and arrows ; or, if they were unwilling... | |
 | World history - 1747 - 530 pages
...whereof they held themfelves), which, being thrown at a little dittance, ftuck in the enemies targets, and gave the Tyrians an opportunity, either of plucking their targets out of their hands, and by that means expofirrg them, without defence, ta fhowers of darts and arrows ; or, if they were •unwilling... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 520 pages
...(one end whereof they held), which, being thrown at a little diftance, ftuck in the enemies fhields, and gave the Tyrians an opportunity, either of plucking their targets out of their hands, and expofing them, without defence, to fhowers of darts and arrows ; or, if they were unwilling to part... | |
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Befiegers, where it fluck fall, and gave the Tyrians an Opportunity either of plucking their Targets out of their Hands, and thereby leaving them expofed to Darts and Arrows ; or, if they did not readily part with their Shields, of pulling them headlong... 