 | John Milton - 1845 - 580 strani
...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 the sea." But the... | |
 | T. Timpson - 1847 - 714 strani
...place for succours to iEtius, prefect of Gaul; it 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... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1847 - 440 strani
...brief but memorable extract has been preserved of 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,... | |
 | William Williams Mortimer - 1847 - 530 strani
...renowned general of Valentinian, was then 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... | |
 | Anglo-Saxons - 1850 - 200 strani
...in 446, who was then in Gaul, shows the miserable condition of the supplicants : A 2 " To ./Etius, thrice consul, the groans of the Britons .... The...the barbarians ; between them we are exposed to two sorts of death ; we are either slain or drowned." About three years later, (449,) the squadrons of... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 472 strani
...p. 8. fcription ; To jEtius thrice Conful, the groanes of the Britans. 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 perijh, either by the Sword or by the Sea. But the Empire... | |
 | Brotherhood of St. Vincent of Paul - 1851 - 394 strani
...this address : " To Actins, the Consul, these groans of the Britons." "The barbarians," they say, " drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbarians ; so that either we must have our throats cut, or else be drowned." However, the Romans could give... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1852 - 420 strani
...addressed by them at this time to the governor of Gaul is still exant. It is the following : " To ^Etius, 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... | |
 | Robert Simpson - 1852 - 418 strani
...were indicted to this purpose : — ' The Lamentations of the Britons unto Agitius, thrice consul. The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back to the barbarians. Thus, of two kinds of death, one or the other must be our choice, either to be swallowed up by the... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 strani
...groans of the Britons." And in the sequel of the letter they thus expressed their calamities : — " The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives...to the barbarians : between them we are exposed to 1 A vast fund of information respecting Palladius and his mission has been collected by Ussher in his... | |
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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. 
