 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have...leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that should threaten her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone !* Lord Byron has made the original... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...lived to seo euch disasters fallen upon her [the queen of France] in a nation of gallant men — in n nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped out of their scabbards to avctiye even a look that threatened her with insult. — But tht; age of... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...| when she added titles of veneration | to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, | that she should ever be obliged | to carry the sharp antidote...have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a looA' | that threatened /ier with insult. | But the age of chivalry is gone,. | That of sophisters,... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Education - 1845 - 188 pages
...of life, and splendour, and joy. Little did I dream I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation...honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords would have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult." Look,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...see'n such disasters fallen-uponher/ in a nation of gallant-men, — in a n'ation of/ me'n-of-honour/ and of caval'iers. I thought ten thousand swo'rds/ must have le'aped/ from their scab'bards/ to have aven'ged/ even a loAok, that threatened heAr with i'nsult. — But the age of c'hivalry is gon'e.... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...in that bosom ; little did I dream that I should hâve lived to see such disasters fallen upon lier in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of...and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must hâve leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened lier with insuit. But thé... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1849 - 708 pages
...should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant men — in a nation of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand...leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophists, economists, and... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - France - 1849 - 367 pages
...proofs of courage. These challengers were the young cavaliers of whom Burke thought that 10,000 of their swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened their Queen with insult. Yet these were the very men who first fled from danger, deserted... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters follow upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of...swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophistcrs, economists,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters follow upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of...honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords mnst have leaped from their scabbards to avenge a look that threatened her with insult. But the age... | |
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Little did I dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom ; little did I dream that I should have lived... 
