 | Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 486 pages
...have it in their power to divert the river, so as to facilitate " an entrance into it; and this he did by building three walls " about the inner city, and...burnt brick and bitumen, and some " of brick only. So when he had thus fortified the ,city with " walls, after an excellent manner, and had adorned the... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1815 - 326 pages
...it in their power to divert the river, so as to " facilitate an entrance into it ; and this he did by building " three walls about the inner city, and...burnt brick and " bitumen, and some of brick only. So when he had thus " fortified the city with walls, after an excellent manner, " and had adorned the... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1824 - 356 pages
...have it in their power to divert the river, so as to facilitate an entrance into it ; and this he did by building three walls about the inner city, and...of burnt brick and bitumen, and some of brick only. So when he had thus fortified the city with walls, after an excellent manner, and had adorned the gates... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1825 - 610 pages
...it in their power to divert the river, so as to facilitate an en. trance into it ; and this he did by building three walls about the inner city, and...of burnt brick and bitumen, and some of brick only. So when he had thus fortified the city with walls, after an excellent manner, and had adorned the gates... | |
 | Isaac Preston Cory - History, Ancient - 1832 - 462 pages
...TOI/{ Se èf айт^с т?{ irXi'^on. Kai ™у.!<гас ¿fíoXo'ywí т^ iro'Xiv, •хом TOÍIC rest of his baggage, to Babylonia : in the mean time...those in which his forefathers had dwelt, adjoining them, but exceeding them in height and splendor. xf A. ivaf Vulg — iimxnlaats Dinil. Go. •ff.v... | |
 | Sanchoniathon - 1832 - 474 pages
...аитфл/.Ti, rol{ if a¿T?{ TÍ« eX/y^ot). Koi íi^/o-ac àf (0X07»; T^y iro'Xí», ai Tciç 1чХ£ю< rest of his baggage, to Babylonia : in the mean time...those in which his forefathers had dwelt, adjoining them, but exceeding them in height and splendor. if/daxs A. »«7*iirc4 Vulg. — ii fb\ Go. Dind.... | |
 | Thomas Rawson Birks - Bible - 1844 - 466 pages
...their entrance ; and for this end he built three walls about the inner city, and three about the other. When he had thus admirably fortified the city, and...also a new palace to those in which his forefathers dwelt, adjoining them, but exceeding them in height and splendour. Any attempt to describe it would... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1850 - 452 pages
...have it in their power to divert the river, so as to facilitate an entrance into it: and this he did by building three walls about the inner city, and...only When he had thus admirably fortified the city with walls, and had magnificently adorned the gates, he added also a new palace to those in which his... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1852 - 712 pages
...the river, so as to facilitate an entrance into it ; and this he did by building three walls aboat the inner city, and three about the outer. Some of...of burnt brick and bitumen, and some of brick only. So, when he had thus fortified the city with walls, after an excellent manner, and had adorned the... | |
 | George Smith - History, Ancient - 1853 - 464 pages
...always been considered among the most remarkable erections of the world. Berosus thus speaks of them : " When he had thus admirably fortified the city, and...those in which his forefathers had dwelt, adjoining them, but exceeding them in height and splendour. Any attempt to describe it would be tedious. —... | |
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... by building three walls about the inner city, and three about the outer. Some of these walls he built of burnt brick and bitumen, and some of brick only. 
