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" But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. "
The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections - Page 105
1821
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...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 have leaped from their scabbards...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....
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The Port Folio, Volume 4

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 702 pages
...and what heart must I have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards,...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...
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The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Written ..., Volume 1

George Coleraine, George Hanger - Prostitution - 1801 - 356 pages
...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...
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The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger, Volume 1

George Hanger - Great Britain - 1801 - 356 pages
...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,...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...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,...ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the...
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...irrational expectations. MANNERS. BUT the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, oeconomists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of...ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the...
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Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of ..., Volume 1

Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...upon her in a nation of gallant men, in " a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. " I thought ten thousand swords must have " leaped from their scabbards,...Never, never more, shall we behold " that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that " proud submission, that dignified obedience, " that subordination of...
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Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta ... queen of France and Navarre, tr. by R.C. Dallas

Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...upon her in a nation of gallant men, in " a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. " I thought ten thousand swords must have " leaped from their scabbards,...threatened her with insult. But the " age of chivalry is gone—that of sophisters, " oeconomists, and calculators has succeeded; " and the glory of Europe...
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An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the Reformation of Luther

Charles de Villers - Church history - 1805 - 516 pages
...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...ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obediency, that subordination of the...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...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 have leaped from their scabbards...ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the...
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