You have turned us into a breed of men worse than mere barbarians, for we know better than barbarians!

The honorable leader of the Masra'et himself has just said that the Ashkaarians are mere barbarians.

It might be the factor that turns us from mere barbarians into something so very exotic that we take ourselves out of the realm of anything they can calculate.

You dare not give offense, or give reason for the Haighlei to dismiss you as mere barbarians.

He had very clearly wanted it to intimidate mere barbarians so much that they'd give in there and then.

Geliendra is far more challenging than mere barbarians.

Dr. Mahmoud's eyes widened slightly - perhaps these people would turn out not to be mere uncircumcised barbarians after all ... and his young friend did have strong intuitions.

A stupid tradesman to be intimidated by a mere barbarian?

Here is a pleasant genealogy for mankind... mankind will progress to such a pitch [that 19th century gentlemen will be looked back on] as mere barbarians".

How could a mere barbarian comprehend the intricacies of civilized treachery?