 | Edward Clodd, Richard Anthony Proctor - 1883 - 382 pages
...in Gaul,1 thus worded : — ' To Aetius, now Consul for the third time. The groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on to the barbarians : thus two modes of death await us, — we are either slain or drowned.' " This had... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - 1886 - 570 pages
...Aetius, now consul for the third time, the groans of the Britons,' and contained the expression, ' The Barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea throws...of death await us, we are either slain or drowned ; ' 47 that no assistance being given from Rome, the more warlike part of the Britons overthrew their... | |
 | M. J. Guest - 1888 - 622 pages
...the letter they wrote to .<?Etius, who was a Roman general and consul. " The groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea; the sea throws...death await us : we are either slain or drowned." We see how much the Britons were changed from the old days of Caradoc and Boadicea. It was really about... | |
 | Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland - 1891 - 428 pages
...governor of Gaul, a letter which they called "The Groans of the Britons." "The barbarians," they said, "drive us to the sea; the sea throws us back on the swords of the barbarians; we have nothing left us but the wretched t — choice of being either drowned... | |
 | Harold Littledale - 1893 - 378 pages
...of Gildas, who says that the Britons wrote to the Eoman senate that " the barbarians drive us into the sea ; the sea throws us back on the barbarians;...of death await us, we are either slain or drowned." And in § 1C Gildas says that " the Eoman legion had no sooner returned home in joy and triumph, than... | |
 | Montague John Guest - 1894 - 656 pages
...flight." letter they wrote to ^Etius, who was a Roman general and consul. " The groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea; the sea throws...death await us : we are either slain or drowned." We see how much the Britons were changed from the old days of Caradoc and Boadicea. It was really about... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 244 pages
...Britons, of Gildas, who says that the Britons wrote to the Roman senate : " The barbarians drive us into the sea ; the sea throws us back on the barbarians...of death await us, we are either slain or drowned." 36. Urien, assail' d him. The 1869 ed. had " Kience " for Uritn. Geoffrey calls him the brother of... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 452 pages
...Britons, of Gildas, who says that the Britons wrote to the Roman senate : " The barbarians drive us into the sea ; the sea throws us back on the barbarians...of death await us, we are either slain or drowned." 36. Urien, assail'd him. The 1869 ed. had " Rience " for Urien. Geoffrey calls him the brother of Lot... | |
 | Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1899 - 574 pages
...own defence. One last appeal the abandoned province addressed to Rome. "The barbarians," they said, " drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on the...death await us, we are either slain or drowned." ' The withdrawal of the Roman officials gave opportunity for the tribal chiefs to assert their authority.... | |
 | Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1899 - 582 pages
...own defence. One last appeal the abandoned province addressed to Rome. "The barbarians," they said, " drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on the...two modes of death await us, we are either slain or drowned."1 The withdrawal of the Roman officials gave opportunity for the tribal chiefs to assert their... | |
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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. 
