 | English literature - 1836 - 496 pages
...disasters fall upon her in a nation of gallant теп— in a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever! Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...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 have leaped from...But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, oeconomists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...thought ten thousand swords would have leaped from their scabbards to avenge their wrongs — but their age of chivalry is gone, that of sophisters, economists...succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." But these illustrious men despaired not of the cause of Greece for they had seen the hour... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...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 have leaped from...the age of chivalry is gone : that of sophisters, œconomists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, —in a natjpn of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never, never more, shall we behold that... | |
 | Clement Carlyon - Physicians - 1836 - 340 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 554 pages
...disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...even a look that threatened her with insult. But the r that of sophisters, economists, and calailatorsjia.s_siicceeded ; nnd thru prlnry-_j>f F^rppp i«;... | |
 | Isabel Goldsmid - 1839 - 336 pages
...move ; "glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." I too, "thought that ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult." I too, alas! forgot that "the age of chivalry is gone." Greatly to Marables' annoyance, and in defiance... | |
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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... 
