 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 páginas
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.' The same all-grasping genius exhibits most striking examples of the pathetic, the terrible, the sublime.... | |
 | 1810 - 702 páginas
...revolution! and what heart must I have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...with insult — but the age of chivalry is gone!" In the following simile, the conspicuous light in which the valour of Hector is placed, demands a considerable... | |
 | George Coleraine, George Hanger - 1801 - 356 páginas
...gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers ; that you thought ten thousand swords would have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened you icilh insult. 168 When you speak of the cruelty and excesses committed in war, do not forget to... | |
 | George Hanger - 1801 - 356 páginas
...gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers ; that you thought ten thousand swords would have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened you with insult. When you speak of the cruelty and excesses committed in war, do not forget to say,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 páginas
...which they had been in assured possession, in favour of wild and irrational expectations. MANNERS. BUT the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters,...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 páginas
...to see such disasters " fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in " a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. " I thought ten thousand swords...succeeded ; " and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever. Never, never more, shall we behold " that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that " proud... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 páginas
...to see such disasters " fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in " a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. " I thought ten thousand swords...threatened her with insult. But the " age of chivalry is gone—that of sophisters, " oeconomists, and calculators has succeeded; " and the glory of Europe... | |
 | Charles de Villers - 1805 - 516 páginas
...The cities of Lombardy, and those on the * " But the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophists, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 páginas
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | 1808 - 844 páginas
...produced order ; and inspired whatever lieart it touched, •with feelings of humanity and friendship. " But the age of Chivalry is gone ; that of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded." E. p»*»«*. For The Port Folio. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Messrs. BB Hopkins and Co. have published,... | |
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I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished... 
