 | 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 drowned or... | |
 | 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 drowned or... | |
 | John Hughes - 1819 - 432 pages
...message was sent to CEtius, the general of Valentinian, whom Gildas stiles CEgitius : " To Agitius, thrice consul, THE GROANS OF THE BRITONS ; the barbarians drive us to the sea, and the sea drives us back to the barbarians. Between these two kinds of death, we are exposed either... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - Genealogy - 1824 - 496 pages
...service, whilst the continental auxiliaries would be employed in their armies here. 1 " To JEtiuii thrice Consul— THE GROANS OF THE BRITONS : — " The barbarians drive us to the sea, and the sea drives us back to the barbarians ; so that between both we are reduced to the wretched... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Chronology, Historical - 1826 - 740 pages
...mournful strain: " To Acetius, thrice consul, the groans of the Britons: — The barbarians drive us into the sea ; the sea throws us back on the swords of the barbarians; so that no resource remains for us but the miserable choice of being drowned or butchered." All entreaties... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - Great Britain - 1829 - 452 pages
...help them; and I will repeat to you the letter they wrote to ^Etius, the governor of Gaul. " To Mtius, thrice Consul. The groans of the Britons. The Barbarians...throws us back on the swords of the Barbarians : so we have nothing left but the wretched choice of being either drowned or butchered." But this melancholy... | |
 | Great Britain - 1832 - 360 pages
...imploring help from their old masters. We have one of their moaning epistles still before us. " To Ae'tius, thrice consul : the groans of the Britons ! The barbarians drive us to the sea ; — the sea sends us back to the barbarians : — we have only the hard choice left of perishing by the sword or... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Great Britain - 1834 - 414 pages
...addressed by them at this time to the governor of Gaul is still extant. It is the following : "To /K tius, thrice Consul. The groans of the Britons. The Barbarians...throws us back on the swords of the Barbarians : so we have nothing left but the wretched choice of being either drowned or butchered." What is the poetic... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1836 - 512 pages
...to the thrice-appointed Consul ^Elius. — The barbarians drive us into the sea, and the sea forces us back on the swords of the barbarians, so that we...but the wretched choice of being either drowned or murdered." ^Etius was, however, too closely engaged in opposing Attala, the renowned king of the Huns... | |
 | Great Britain - 1840 - 278 pages
...imploring help from their old masters. We have one of their moaning epistles still before us. '' To Aetius, thrice consul : the groans of the Britons ! The barbarians drive us to the sea ; — the sea sends us back to the barbarians : — we have only the hard choice left of perishing by the sword or... | |
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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. 
