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"Slavic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... may be judged by the fact that before the war was many days old the name of the Russian capital was officially changed from "St. Petersburg," which was considered to have a German flavor, to "Petrograd," a purely Russian or Slavic form of nomenclature. ...
— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell
... happening to-day surpasses every instance from the past; this last example will be permanently characterized in the annals of the world as the indelible shame of England. Great Britain is fighting for a Slavic, semi-Asiatic Power against Teutonism; she is fighting, not only in the ranks of barbarism but also on the side of wrong and injustice, for let it not be forgotten that Russia began the war, because she refused to permit adequate expiation ...
— The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife • Edward Carpenter
... were the first of these barbarians who signally triumphed over the Roman arms. "Starting from their home in the Scandinavian peninsula, they pressed upon the Slavic population of the Vistula, and by rapid conquests established themselves in southern and eastern Germany. Here they divided. The Visi or West Goths advanced to the Danube." In the reign of Decius (249-251) they crossed the river and ravaged the Roman territory. In 269 they imposed ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume IV • John Lord |
Words linked to "Slavic" : Slavic people, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, polish, Old Church Slavonic, White Russian, Slavic race, Macedonian, Balto-Slavonic, Serbo-Croat, Sorbian, Lusatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Old Bulgarian, Byelorussian, Slav |
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