 | Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
...citizen, address him as or Agitim, follows : — " To ^Etius, now Consul for the third time : anotherread- the groans of the Britons." And again a little further,...themselves up to their cruel persecutors, to obtain subsistehce : others of them, however, lying hid in mountains, caves, and woods, continually sallied... | |
 | T. Timpson - 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 - 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 - 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... | |
 | England - 1849 - 492 pages
...Bridge Inn ; and there are two Dissenting Chapels. OF ENGLAND. by an almost contemporaneous writer, " drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on the...death await us ; we are either slain or drowned."* The Saxons landed to succour these distressed applicants, by invitation,f from Vortigern, and the barbarians,... | |
 | John Collingwood Bruce - 1851 - 594 pages
...Romans. In the address, entitled ' The Groans of the Britons,' our author represents them as saying : — The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea throws...await us, we are either slain or drowned. The Romans could not assist them, and, unwilling to assist themselves, they sought and obtained the help of those... | |
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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. 
