 | Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 528 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... | |
 | Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 524 pages
...letters, in the following mournful strain; " To Aetkis, 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... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - Great Britain - 1829 - 452 pages
...letter they wrote to ^Etius, the governor of Gaul. " To Mtius, 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 we have nothing left but the wretched choice of being either drowned... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Great Britain - 1834 - 414 pages
...Gaul is still extant. It is the following : "To /K tius, 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 we have nothing left but the wretched choice of being either drowned... | |
 | 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...of death await us, we are either slain or drowned." The Romans, however, could not assist them, and in the meantime the discomfited people, wandering in... | |
 | T. Timpson - Great Britain - 1847 - 714 pages
...is said, in these humiliating terms: — " To iEtius, 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... | |
 | William Williams Mortimer - Cheshire (England) - 1847 - 540 pages
...prefect, with a petition to the following effect, " To JEtius, 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 drowned... | |
 | John Allen Giles - Great Britain - 1847 - 440 pages
...the letter which they addressed to him. " To yEtius, thrice consul, the groans of the Britons ! .... The barbarians drive us to the sea : the sea throws us back upon the barbarians : thus two modes of death await us : we shall either be drowned, or perish by the... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - Great Britain - 1848 - 546 pages
...Sea. -(' Or Ayilius, according to another reading. the Britons." And again a little further, thus: — "The barbarians drive us to the sea; the sea throws...of death await us, we are either slain or drowned." The Romans, however, could not assist them, and in the meantime the discomfited people, wandering in... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - Great Britain - 1848 - 542 pages
...known. O'Connor thinks it is the Irish Sea. the Britons." And again a little further, thus:—"The barbarians drive us to the sea; the sea throws us...of death await us, we are either slain or drowned." The Romans, however, could not assist them, and in the meantime the discomfited people, wandering in... | |
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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. 
