Barbarous a. : Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

Barbarous a. : Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.

Barbarous a. : Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.

Barbarous a. : Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

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What does the author mean by "ascending as they do to the Barbarous forest life of the nation"?

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