Barbarians

Examples

• Then for a while the barbarians were held, and the Emperor Probus in 276 forced the Franks and the Alamanni back over the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ah, well, said Mrs. Archer, I understand May's wanting her cousin to tell people abroad that we're not quite barbarians. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• What barbarians, Robert Jordan said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• That is the way in which Hellenes should war against one another--and against barbarians, as they war against one another now. Plato. The Republic.
• Then came the hordes of northern barbarians pouring in waves over the southern countries and burying from sight their arts and civilisation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But rich and civilized nations can always exchange to a much greater value with one another, than with savages and barbarians. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Everywhere the barbarians must have been outnumbered if only the people had resisted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What barbarians, said Pilar. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Should not their custom be to spare them, considering the danger which there is that the whole race may one day fall under the yoke of the barbarians? Plato. The Republic.
• I agree, he said, that our citizens should thus deal with their Hellenic enemies; and with barbarians as the Hellenes now deal with one another. Plato. The Republic.
• When presently the barbarians poured into the empire, there was nothing but the legions to face them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Do we come to America to learn and practise the manners of barbarians? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It is you and such as you that have let the barbarians onto the sacred soil of the fatherland. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Meanwhile the barbarians swung down into the broken-up and enfeebled world of civilization from the west and from the east. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The barbarians in the case of Rome and in the case of China made similar invasions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Cold, poverty, and a life of danger and fatigue fortify the strength and courage of Barbarians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No; for there is too great a risk of the whole race passing under the yoke of the barbarians. Plato. The Republic.
• The faith was spreading among the barbarians beyond the border; it had extended into Persia and Central Asia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What barbarians they are! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Sardis was twice taken and burnt by these barbarians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The plain fact of the Bible narrative is that the Jews went to Babylon barbarians and came back civilized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We must do away with all such barbarians in Spain. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In the water he could see the heads of Greeks swimming to land; but of the Barbarians the greater number perished in the sea, not knowing how to swim. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I think that's a barbarous thing, said Miss Ophelia, but I don't think you are all barbarians. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They always convinced those barbarians. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In exactly the same way the Roman Empire lay like a lamb in the embrace of this great crescent of outer barbarians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But this, barbarians as they are, they practice against their enemies only, not against their friends. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• At first only before the barbarians and privately, but afterwards he came to wear it in public when he sat for the dispatch of business. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• One is the system of degraded barbarians, the other of enlightened, civilized people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I suppose you'll think, cousin, she said, that we are all barbarians. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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