barbarian

• Here Shakespeare was described as a barbarian, whose works--'a huge dunghill'--concealed some pearls French critics' gradual emancipation from Voltairean influence Although Voltaire's censure was rejected by the majority of later French critics, it expressed a sentiment born of the genius of the nation, and made an impression that was only gradually effaced. —  A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles
• The origin of the word barbarian, barbarus, or is unknown, and its primary sense can be only conjectured. —  The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny
• The king's persistency in begging her not to veil so austerely a face which the gods had made for the admiration of men, his evident vexation upon her refusal to appear in Greek costume at the sacrifices and public solemnities, his unsparing raillery at what he termed her barbarian shyness, all tended to convince her that the young Heracleid had sought to admit some one into those mysteries which should remain secret to all, for without his encouragement no man could have dared to risk himself in an undertaking the discovery of which would have resulted in the punishment of a speedy death How slowly did the black hours seem to her to pass! —  King Candaules
• Now I shall show that these characteristics of the barbarian are rudimental points, as I may call them, in the picture of the Turks, as drawn by those who have studied them. —  Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
• 132. Explain the words "barbarian," "Scythian," in Col. iii. 11. —  The Life of St. Paul

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