 | Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 524 pages
...letters, in the following mournful strain; " To Aetius, thrice consul, the groans of the Bri" tons.—The barbarians drive us to the sea, the " sea throws us back on the swords of the barba" rians; so that we have nothing left us but the " wretched choice of being either drowned or... | |
 | Robert Henry - Great Britain - 1814 - 444 pages
...The barbarians drive " us to the fea, the fea throws us back on the " fwords of the barbarians; fo that we have " nothing left us but the wretched choice of " being either drowned or butchered." But all their lamentations and entreaties, on this, "' Gild* Hift. c. 16. 19. ği. Bed* Hift. Ecclef.... | |
 | Nathaniel Morton - Massachusetts - 1826 - 498 pages
...pathetic aud unavailing lamentation of the ancient Britons, under the desolating incursions of the Picis; "The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea throws...have nothing left us but the wretched choice of being cither drowned or butchered." Happily they were intimately connected with neighbours of greater strength,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...to the thrice-appointed Consul /Klin-,.—The barbarians drive us into the sea, and the sea forces us back on the swords of the barbarians, so that we...but the wretched choice of being either drowned or murdered." j^tius was, however, too closely engaged in opposing Attila, the renowned king of the Huns,... | |
 | 1856 - 796 pages
...rent, and sand upon their heads," bearing that most mournful appeal of an humbled people—"To .iEtius, thrice Consul: the groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us [to the sea, the sea drives us back to the barbarians; thus, between two kinds of death, we are either slaughtered or drowned... | |
 | 1868 - 742 pages
...their pathetic petition. "To Aetius, now Consul for the third time, the groans of the Britains. . . . The Barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea throws us back on the Barbarians. Thus two modes of death await us ; we are either slain or drowned." About the epoch of... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Great Britain - 1834 - 414 pages
...addressed by them at this time to the governor of Gaul is still extant. It is the following: "To /Ktius, thrice Consul. The groans of the Britons. The Barbarians...throws us back on the swords of the Barbarians: so we have nothing left but the wretched choice of being either drowned or butchered." The Romans were... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1836 - 512 pages
...Britons, to the thrice-appointed Consul /Elius.—The barbarians drive us into the sea, and the sea forces us back on the swords of the barbarians, so that we...have nothing left us but the wretched choice of being eilher drowned or murdered." ^Etius was, however, too closely engaged in opposing Atlala, the renowned... | |
 | Great Britain - 1840 - 278 pages
...imploring help from their old masters. We have one of their moaning epistles still before us. ''To Aetius, thrice consul : the groans of the Britons! The barbarians drive us to the sea;—the sea sends us back to the barbarians:—we have only the hard choice left of perishing by... | |
 | Gildas (st.) - 1841 - 220 pages
...the third time : anotherread- the groans of the Britons." And again a little further, thus : — " The Barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on the barbarians : thus two modes of death await us, we are either slain or drowned." The Romans, however,... | |
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thrice consul, the groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea throws us back on the swords of the barbarians ; so that we have nothing left us but the wretched choice of being either drowned or butchered 
