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And he shall set engines of war and battering rams against thy walls, and shall destroy thy towers with his arms.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe fragments thus delivered to the sea are in turn broken up and used as battering instruments until they are worn to pieces.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERAnd they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSBut, at a word from Perez, the apprentice closed and bolted the doors, so that the soldiers were delayed by battering them in.
JUANAHONORE DE BALZACNine of the battering-ships blew up, and the tenth was burnt by Curtis's boats.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTEliott directed his red-hot shot chiefly against the battering ships, and at last during the night two of them caught fire.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTThe captain gave the word of command, and the battering, for a while suspended, was recommenced upon the door below.
JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKSBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNGThe door had locked itself behind me; they got a fence post for a battering ram, and the post burst into flame.
A FEAST OF DEMONSWILLIAM MORRISONBy assiduously working the battering rams the Romans were always breaking down this or that part of the wall.
THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS, VOL. II (OF 2)POLYBIUSThe tortoise of the battering ram was constructed in the same way.
TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTUREVITRUVIUSWORDS RELATED TO BATTERING
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