The fall of Jerusalem and the Roman conquest of Judea . al executioners, the rest,one after another, still clasping the lifeless bodies of theirwives and children, held up their necks to the ten cast lots, and nine fell by each others hands;the last man, after he had carefully searched whetherthere was any more work for him to do, seized a lightedbrand, set fire to the palace, and then, with resolute andunflinching hand, drove the sword into his own heart. Two females and five children, who had hidden them-selves among the ruins, were all that escaped; ninehundred and sixty perished.
The fall of Jerusalem and the Roman conquest of Judea . al executioners, the rest,one after another, still clasping the lifeless bodies of theirwives and children, held up their necks to the ten cast lots, and nine fell by each others hands;the last man, after he had carefully searched whetherthere was any more work for him to do, seized a lightedbrand, set fire to the palace, and then, with resolute andunflinching hand, drove the sword into his own heart. Two females and five children, who had hidden them-selves among the ruins, were all that escaped; ninehundred and sixty perished. And next day, when theRomans warily made their way into the fortress, theyfound it tenanted only with the dead bodies of theseheroic martyrs, whose memory will always be reverencedby those who can sympathize witli enthusiastic patriotism. VI. CONCLUSION. And empire after empire, at their heightOf sway, have felt the boding sense come on —Have felt their huge frames not constructed right,And drooped, and slowly died upon their throne. Matthew VI.
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