 | 1747 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...difcourage Cyrus from profecuting his defign ; but, • defpairing of being able to take the place by ftorm, he caufed a line of circumvallation to be drawn quite round the city, with a large and deep ditch, reckoning, that, if all communication with the country were cut off, the more people there were within... | |
 | 1750 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...difcourage Cyrus from prosecuting his defign; but, defpairing of being able to take the place by florm; he caufed a line of cir•cumvallation to be drawn...quite round the city, with a large and deep ditch; reckoning, that, if all communication with the country were cut off', the more people there were within... | |
 | William Guthrie, John Gray - 1764 - عدد الصفحات: 590
...difficulties, profecuted his deflgn, and perceiving it to be impracticable to take the place by norm, caufed a line of circumvallation to be drawn quite...ditch; and that his troops might not be over fatigued, divided his army into twelve bodies, and affigned each of them its month to guard the workmen at the... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...difcourage Cyrus from profecuting his defign ; but, defpairing of being able to take the place by ftorm, he caufed a line of circumvallation to be drawn quite round the city, with a large and deep ditch, reckoning that, if all communication with the country were cut off, the more people there were within... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 386
...them believe his design was to reduce it by famine. To which end he caused a line of circurnvallatkm to be drawn quite round the city with a large and deep ditch ; and, that has troops might not be over-fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and assigned each of... | |
 | Claudius James Rich - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...storm or assault, he made them believe his design was to reduce it by famine. To which end he caused a line of circumvallation to be drawn quite round...and deep ditch ; and, that his troops might not be over-fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and assigned each of them its month for guarding... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 362
...them believe his design was to reduce it by famine. To which end he caused a line of circumvallatiou to be drawn quite round the city, with a large and deep ditch; and, that his troops might not be over-fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and assigned each of" them its month for guarding... | |
 | Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 362
...storm or assault, he made them believe his design was to reduce it by famine. To which end he caused a line of circumvallation to be drawn quite round...and deep ditch; and, that his troops might not be over-fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and assigned each of them its month for guarding... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...line of circumvallation to be drawn quite round the city, a distance of above sixty miles, by means of a large and deep ditch ; and that his troops might...fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and assigned each of them its month for guarding the trenches. The besieged, thinking themselves secure... | |
 | Henry Peter Dunster - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...assault, he made the inhabitants believe that his design was to reduce it by famine. To this end he caused a line of circumvallation to be drawn quite round...and deep ditch ; and, that his troops might not be over-fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and assigned to each of them its month for guarding... | |
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To which end he caused a line of circumvallation to be drawn quite round the city with a large and deep ditch ; and, that his troops might not be over-fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and assigned each of them its month for guarding the... 
