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Page 127
... wall fifty royal cubits in width , and two hundred in height . ( The royal cubit is longer by three fingers ' breadth than the common cubit . ) And here I may not omit to tell the use to which the mould dug out of the great moat was ...
... wall fifty royal cubits in width , and two hundred in height . ( The royal cubit is longer by three fingers ' breadth than the common cubit . ) And here I may not omit to tell the use to which the mould dug out of the great moat was ...
Page 128
... wall , of brass , and open on the water . The outer wall is the main defence of the city . There is , however , a second inner wall , of less thickness than the first , but very little inferior to it in strength . The centre of each ...
... wall , of brass , and open on the water . The outer wall is the main defence of the city . There is , however , a second inner wall , of less thickness than the first , but very little inferior to it in strength . The centre of each ...
Page 199
... walls were reduced by the cannon to a heap of ruins : in a circuit of several miles some places must be found more easy of access , or more feebly guarded ; and if the besiegers could penetrate in a single point , the whole city was ...
... walls were reduced by the cannon to a heap of ruins : in a circuit of several miles some places must be found more easy of access , or more feebly guarded ; and if the besiegers could penetrate in a single point , the whole city was ...
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