 ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall 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 their scabbards to avenge even a look that...  The British orator - Pagina 52door Thomas King Greenbank - 1849Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pagina’s
...lived to see such 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...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.... | |
 | 1810 - 702 pagina’s
...revolution! and what heart must I have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...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... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pagina’s
...to see such 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...threatened her with insult. But the " age of chivalry is gone—that of sophisters, " oeconomists, and calculators has succeeded; " and the glory of Europe... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pagina’s
...see such 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...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;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pagina’s
...lived to see such 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...the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophisters, cecouomists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1815 - 724 pagina’s
...lovely as the G nidus of Praxiteles.' IDA OF ATUE.VS. Page 149.— / thought ten thousand &c. — ' I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.' BURKE ox THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Pape 152. — In all the elegant embarrassment, £fc. — ' Her eyes,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pagina’s
...lived to see such disasters fall upon her in a nation of gallant men — in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is:extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyality to rank and sex,-—... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 pagina’s
...lived to see such 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...the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophisters, ceconomists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pagina’s
...lived to sec such disasters fall upon her in a nation of gallant men—in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...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;... | |
 | Joseph Nightingale - 1822 - 640 pagina’s
...jFcm tii. BY J. NIGHTINGALE, One of the Authors of " the Beauties of England and Wales," SfC. IfC. " 1 thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...her with insult. — But the age of chivalry is gone ! " BUREB. "Death is the port where all may refuge find. The end of labour, entry unto rest ; Death... | |
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