 | David Hume - 1789 - 452 trang
...barbarians, fay they, on the one hand , chace us into the fea ; the fea , on the other, throws its back vpon the barbarians ,- and we have only the hard choice left us, of perishing by the fword or by the waves '*. But ./Etuis , prefTed by the arms of Attila, the moft terrible enemy that... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 536 trang
...fuperfcriptipn. The barbarians, fay they, on the one hand, chaje us into thejea -, the Jea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians; and we have only the hard choice left us, offerijhing by thejwordor by the waves '. But ^Etius, prefled • by the arms of Attila, the moft terrible... | |
 | John Millar - 1818 - 396 trang
...groans of the Britons, and in which they say, the barbarians drive us into the sea, the sea throws us back upon the barbarians, and we have only the hard choice left wy of perishing by the sword, or by the waves ; these particulars, which are handed down by historians,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1853 - 300 trang
...Groans of the Britons ; and in which they said, " The barbarians chase us into the sea, the sea throws us back upon the barbarians, and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword, or perishing by the waves." But, the Romans could not help them, even if they were so inclined ; for they... | |
 | 1855 - 712 trang
...they wrote their pitiful supplication, — " The groans of the Britanni to Agitius. The barbarians drive us into the sea, the sea drives us back upon the barbarians." But their application was in vain ; and then, trusting in God and not in man, they gave to slaughter... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1855 - 386 trang
...they wrote their pitiful supplication, — " The groans of the Britanni to Agitius. The barbarians drive us into the sea, the sea drives us back upon the barbarians." But their application was in vain; and then, trusting in God and not in man, they gave to slaughter... | |
 | Robert Ward (missionary in New Zealand.) - 1862 - 162 trang
...wrote thus touchingly to Rome for succour : " The barbarians chase us into the sea ; the sea throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us, of perishing by tbe sword or by the waves." Such, however, was the state of the empire, that Rome could afford them... | |
 | John George Edgar - 1862 - 540 trang
...they appealed to the Romans for protection. " The barbarians," they querulously cried, "drive us to the sea; the sea drives us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the choice of two kinds of death, either to be swallowed up by the waves, or slain by the sword." The Romans,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1871 - 590 trang
...groans of the Britons), and in which they said, u The barbarians chase us into the sea ; the sea throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword, or perishing by the waves." But the Romans could not help them, even if they were so inclined ; for they... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1871 - 212 trang
...Groans of the Britons ; and in which they said. " The barbarians chase us into the sea, the sea throws us back upon the barbarians, and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword, or perishing by the waves." But, the Romans could not help them, even if they were so inclined ; for they... | |
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The barbarians chase us into the sea ; the sea throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword, or perishing by the waves. 
