The barbarians chase us into the sea ; the sea throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword, or perishing by the waves. A School History of England ... - 第25页作者:John Jacob Anderson - 1891 - 427 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
| David Hume - 1775 - 424 页
...fuitable to its fuperfcription. The barbarians, fay they, on the one band, cbace vs into the fea ; tbefea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the bard choice left us, of perijhing by the fvuord »r by the -waves T. Bftt /Etius, prefled by the arms... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 536 页
...to its fuperfcriptipn. The barbarians, fay they, on the one hand, chaje us into thejea -, the Jea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians; and we have only the hard choice left us, offerijhing by thejwordor by the waves '. But ^Etius, prefled • by the arms of Attila, the moft terrible... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 452 页
...barbarians, fay they, on the one hand , chace us into the fea ; the fea , on the other, throws its back vpon the barbarians ,- and we have only the hard choice left us, of perishing by the fword or by the waves '*. But ./Etuis , prefTed by the arms of Attila, the moft terrible enemy that... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 468 页
...the one hand, drive us into the sea ; the sea, on trie, other, drives us back upon the Barbarians. We have only the hard choice left us, of perishing by the sword, or being drowned in the deep." Such, however, were the calamities of the Romans themselves, surrounded... | |
| 1803 - 1050 页
...English on ihe one hand chase us into the sea ; the sen on the other chases ns back upon the English, and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." Edinburgt, 4i\it June, 1803. PUBLIC PAPERS. K*tt feuxtrJ ly GviKto/pir, Charge d'4f<i\ra tftte Frenca... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 412 页
...barbarians," say they, " on the one hand drive us into the sea ; the sea on the other throws us back on the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice...left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." The Romans, however, at this time pressed by Attila, were incapable of yielding them any assistance... | |
| John Graves - 1808 - 556 页
...THE GROANS OF THE BRITONS;"—" The barbarians, on the one band, drive us into thefea; the "fea, en the other, throws us back upon the barbarians; and >we have only tbe "fatal choice left us, either of fieri/king by tbefworef, or by the waves" JEnvs, at that time... | |
| David Hume - 1810 - 540 页
...the Britons. The tenor of the epistle was suitable to its superscription. The barbarians, say they, on the one hand chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us bach upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left vs, of perishing by the sword or by... | |
| John Millar - 1818 - 396 页
...inscribed the groans of the Britons, and in which they say, the barbarians drive us into the sea, the sea throws us back upon the barbarians, and we have only the hard choice left wy of perishing by the sword, or by the waves ; these particulars, which are handed down by historians,... | |
| David Hume - 1819 - 432 页
...Britons." The tenor of the epistle was suitable to its superscription : " The barbarians," say they, " on the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea,...left us, of perishing by the sword or by the waves." '9 But ./Etius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever assailed the empire,... | |
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