 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...effect of this change of perfon is remarkable in the following paffage. The Britons, daily harafled by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence, •wbo confequently reduced the greateft part of the ifland to their own power, drove the Britons into... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 382 pages
...other barbarous invaders. Mean time, the Britons left to fhift for themfelves, and daily harrailed by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence; who con fequently reduced the greateft part of the ifl.md to thtir own power, drove the Britons into... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...Goths, and other barbarous invaders. Mean time the Britains, left to shift for themselves, and daily harassed by cruel inroads from the Picts,. were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence ; who, consequently, reduced the greatest part of the island to their own power, drove the Britains... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 416 pages
...Romans in it. He goes on : " Meantime the Britons, left to fhift for themfelves, and daily " harafled by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call " in the Saxons for their defence ; who, confequently, reduc" ed the greateft part of the ifland to their own power, drove " the Britons... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1807 - 588 pages
...effect of fuch change of perfon is remarkable in the following paflage. The Britons, daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence, iubo confequently reduced the greateft part of the ifland to their own power, drove the Britons 'into... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 542 pages
...a ship, which conveyed him first to Corinth, and thence to the island of /Egina. The Britons, daily harassed by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in -the Saxons for their defence; who consequently reduced the greater part of the island to their own power; drove the Britons into... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...prostitution' of praise does not onlv affect the gross of mankind, Belter thus. The Britons, daily harassed by cruel inroads from . the Picts, were forced...customs, religion, and language, became wholly Saxons. Not only the gross part of mankind, who take their notion of chaInelegant. Better tfitis. \vho take... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1811 - 464 pages
...of the Romans in it. He goes on : " Meantime the Britons, left to shift for them" selves, and daily harassed by cruel inroads from " the Picts, were forced to call in the Saxons for " their defence ; who, consequently, reduced the " greatest part of the island to their own power, " drove the Britons... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1812 - 224 pages
...a ship, which conveyed him first to Corinth, and thence to the island of ^Egina. The Britons, daily harassed by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence ; who consequently reduced the greater part of the island to their own power; drove the Britons into... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 308 pages
...a ship, which conveyed him first to Corinth, and thence to the island of .Euina. The Britons, daily harassed by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence ; who consequently reduced the greater part of the island to their own power ; drove the Britons into... | |
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The Britons, daily harassed by cruel inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in -the Saxons for their defence; who consequently reduced the greater part of the island to their own power... 
