 | Edward Farr - 1848 - 562 trang
...stated : — " 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 by the waves." But ^Etius was then contending with Attila, " the scourge of Rome," and he could not... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1851 - 512 trang
...barbarians," said the petitioners, " 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 by the waves." But -5£tius, though as great a warrior as Stilicho, was then contending with Attila,... | |
 | S.G Goodrich - 1851 - 664 trang
...frequently plundered by their corsairs, or put under tribute. Among the chiefs of these tribes, none enjoyed We have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." The Romans, however, were too busily engaged in defending themselves from the Franks... | |
 | David Hume - 1851 - 532 trang
...the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves."t But JStius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever assailed... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1853 - 300 trang
...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... | |
 | William Grainge - 1854 - 230 trang
...The barbarians," they said, "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 by the waves." This appeal was in vain ; for Kome herself was awaiting her fall from the hordes of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 598 trang
...expressive passage : " The barbarians chase us into the sea, and the sei throws us back on the barbarians. We have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." The Romans, however, were too busily engaged in defending themselves from the Franks... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 556 trang
...the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us back on th^ barbarians; and we have only the hard choice left us, of perishing by the sword or by the waves.'2 But jEtius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that 1 Gildas, Bede,... | |
 | Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 412 trang
...the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword, or by the waves."• The Danes in the reign of Egbert and later, to the accession of Canute, were but... | |
 | David Hume - 1856 - 536 trang
...the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves."f But JStius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever assailed... | |
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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. 
