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  • The reign of independent Barbarism is now contracted to a narrow span; and the remnant of Calmucks or

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Such earnestness is enough to make cynics weep, and it just might sustain some of them through the two hundred pages of narcissistic prose that one finds in his philosophical Bildungsroman called Barbarism with a Human Face.

    Paris: Moses and Polytheism Sheehan, Thomas 1980

  • Darkness, Truth against Error, Civilisation against Barbarism, which is as old as the book of Genesis and as the history of the world.

    The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

  • That disease is (paradoxical as it may seem) Want of Civilization; Barbarism, which is the child of ungodliness.

    The Water of Life and Other Sermons Charles Kingsley 1847

  • For your delight and pleasure I present you with another Flynnism, ironically titled Die of Shame and under the subtitle 'Barbarism':

    We Is An MP 2007

  • For your delight and pleasure I present you with another Flynnism, ironically titled Die of Shame and under the subtitle 'Barbarism':

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • But he could appeal to their passions and prejudices against the "Barbarism" of the South.

    The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Thomas Dixon 1905

  • She even let me put my hands on her hips and dance to "Barbarism" with me for a little bit, which may have been the closest thing I had to sex on the entire California trip.

    Glorious Noise 2010

  • "Barbarism" is probably my second least favorite track on

    Glorious Noise 2010

  • That's right, the band tackled "Barbarism" for over 15 minutes, leaving Morrissey to dance around the stage while the other members played.

    Glorious Noise 2010

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