...off from the poor Jews, and famine hastened its steps, and devoured whole families. The upper room« of every house were filled by dying women and children,...bodies of the Aged. The young men wandered about the market places like shadows, and fell down dead in the streets. Few were buried : for the sick were...

...pretty wild flowers and heaths, which she had gathered the preceding evening on JVloucaup. Withering's Botany was soon put upon the table, in the room of...were not strong enough to perform that office for 14 their friends ; and those who still were healthy, were frightened by the numbers they should have...

...fathers were eating out of their mouths, and mothers snatched the morsels from their children also, and the young men wandered about the market-places like shadows, and fell down dead through hunger and famine." At length the famine became so extreme, that they devoured what the most...

...Home's Introduction, vol. ip 627. city were full of the dead bodies of the aged. The children, also, and the young men, wandered about the market-places like shadows, and fell down dead wheresoever their misery seized them. If any one was suspected of concealing human food — and the...

...off. and famine commenced its terrible ravages. The upper rooms of nearly every house were filled with dying women and children, while the lanes of the city...not strong enough to perform that office for their deceased friends ; and those who still were healthy were deterred from the undertaking by the consideration...

...fathers were eating out of their mouths, and mothers snatched the morsels from their children also, and the young men wandered about the market-places like shadows, and fell down dead through hunger and famine." At length the famine became so extreme, that they devoured what the most...

...dying ; and the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged. The children also, and the young men, wandered about the market-places like shadows, and fell down dead wherever their misery seized them. As for burying them, those that were sick themselves were not able...

...fathers were eating out of their mouths ; and mothers snatched the morsels from their children also, and the young men wandered about the market-places like shadows, and fell down dead through hunger and famine. Altogether," says the Jewish historian, " of different ages and sexes, 1,357,630...

...rooms were full of women and children dying of hunger ; the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged; the young men wandered about the marketplaces like shadows, and fell down dead wheresoever their misery seized them. ' Nor,' adds Josephus, ' was there any lamentation made under...