 The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbarians : between them we are exposed to two sorts of death ; we are either slain or drowned.  The History of Scotland - Page 209by George Buchanan - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - Abbots - 1723 - 584 pages
...Attila, for Eleds, according t , Prolpei fequel of the Letter they thus exprefs'd rheir Calamities. T'he Barbarians drive us to the Sea ; the Sea drives us back to tlx Barbarians ; between them we are expos d to two forts of Deathit •we are either ftain or drowned.... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1733 - 488 pages
...miftaken in their Chronology. The Words are thefe, To ,/Etius, the third time Conjul, the Complaints of the Britons. And a little after, The Barbarians drive us to the Sea, the Sea beats «j back again upon the Barbarians ; we have no Choice but one uf thefe two kinds of Deaths,... | |
 | Sir William Betham - Britons - 1834 - 472 pages
...— ' To ^Etius the consul — the groans of the Britons.' And after a few complaints they say — ' The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back to the barbarians. Thus two kinds of death await ug — we are either butchered or drowned, nor have... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - History, General - 1835 - 320 pages
...the Picts and Scots *. " We are (said they) in the utmost misery, nor have we any refuge left us ; the barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back upon the barbarians." In return to this miserable supplication, the Romans gave them to understand that their own situation... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - World history - 1835 - 324 pages
...the Picts and Scots *. " We are (said they) in the utmost misery, nor have we any refuge left us ; the barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back upon the barbarians." In return to this miserable supplication, the Romans gave them to understand that their own situation... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - World history - 1839 - 328 pages
...the Picts and Scots.* " We are," said they, " in the utmost misery, nor have we any refuge left us ; the barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back upon the barbarians." In return to this miserable supplication, the Romans gave them to understand that their own situation... | |
 | 1842 - 468 pages
...Britons"): — " Aid us," said they, " or we perish ! Our homes are plundered — our children torn from us. The barbarians drive us to the sea — the sea drives us back again upon the barbarians !" But they were in vain. All the defences of the Romans were required to... | |
 | 1842 - 300 pages
...appropriately designated the "groans of Britain.' They thus addressed jEtius, the prefect of Gaul : " The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back on the swords of the barbarians ; so thai we have nothing left but the wretched choice o! being either... | |
 | 1878 - 892 pages
...ruthless treatment from the fact that the natives appealed to the Romans for help against them, saying : " The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbaiians ; and between them we are either slain or drowned."* The civilisation wrought by... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 580 pages
...superscription; "To jEtius thrice consul, the groans of the Britons." And after a few words thus: " The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back to the barbarians: thus bandied up and down between two deaths, we perish either by the sword or by... | |
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