 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Education - 1845 - 188 pages
...of gallant men, in a nation of men of 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, now, through those prison bars. There, pale and mournful, upon a pallet of straw, rests one for... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 268 pages
...pair. Time and labor overcome the greatest obstacles. John, James, and William have read the book. But the age of chivalry is gone. That» of sophisters,...shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and BOX, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive,... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 272 pages
...pair. Time and labor overeome the greatest obstacles. John, Jumes, and William have read the book. But the age of chivalry is gone. That" of sophisters,...and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. a See Note, p. 40. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...|| of gallant men;\ in a nation of men of honor, and of cavaliers. I thought || ten thousand sword a must have leaped || from their scabbards, to avenge...threatened her || with insult. But the age || of chivalry That of aopklsten, \\ economists || and calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 276 pages
...greatest obstacles. John, James, and William have read the book. But the age of chivalry is gone. Thata of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for evsr. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...disasters heaped 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...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,... | |
 | Europe - Europe - 1847 - 202 pages
...CHAPTER III. COMMERCE. " BUT the age of chivalry is gone," exclaimed Mr. Burke ; " that of sophists, economists, and calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever." We have no sympathy in the romantic feeling of that great man, when he uttered this exclamation. Commerce... | |
 | John Cumming - 1848 - 558 pages
...gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and cavaliers ! Methought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards, to avenge even a look that threatened...the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience,... | |
 | Scotland - 1848 - 816 pages
...sixty years have elapsed since Mr Burke observed — "The age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophists, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex — that proud submission, that dignified... | |
 | 1848 - 524 pages
...Burke in illustrating the spirit of the day : — " The age of chivalry is gone : that of sophists, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank, and see that proud submission, that dignified obedience,... | |
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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... 
