...chivalrous institutions of the middle ages a certain irregular, and almost indefinable love of liberty, " which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom;" but this sentiment, however worthy of the eloquent eulogy of Burke, c3 21 was of much too lordly and...

...that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone : that of sophisters, œconomists, s. Then the monopoly of mental power will be added to the power of all other kinds it possesse moro, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified...

...look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone: that of sophisters, economists, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone,...

...scenes proper only to the page of a romance; — it is the reality so beautifully described by Burke; "that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ; that untaught grace of life, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a...

...that generous loyality to rank and sex,—that proud submission,—that dignified obedience,—that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even...of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap de3 fense of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is...

...be no more — that of philosophers and of Christians will succeed, and the torch of superstition be extinguished for ever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank, which is prodigal of its own virtue and its own happiness to invest a few with unholy splendours ;...

...embodying " the generous loyalty to rank and sex, the proud submission, the dignified obedience, and that subordination of the heart which kept alive,...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which...

...embodying " the generous loyalty to rank and sex, the proud submission, the dignified obedience, and that subordination of the heart which kept alive,...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which...

...highest and most glorious guerdon an honored knight could receive. Every ceremony tended to exalt " that generous loyalty to rank and sex — that proud...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom — that sensibility of principle — that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound — -which...

...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...of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone,...