 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Coleraine, George Hanger - 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... | |
 | George Hanger - 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1808 - 844 pages
...produced order ; and inspired whatever lieart it touched, •with feelings of humanity and friendship. " But the age of Chivalry is gone ; that of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded." E. p»*»«*. For The Port Folio. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Messrs. BB Hopkins and Co. have published,... | |
 | 1811 - 386 pages
...upon her in a nation of gallant men; in a nation of men of honour, and ot-cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards,...never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to mnk and sex; that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of thelieart, winch... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 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 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 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...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 pages
...G nidus of Praxiteles.' IDA OF ATUE.VS. Page 149.— / thought ten thousand &c. — ' I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards,...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.' BURKE ox THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Pape 152. — In all the elegant embarrassment, £fc. — ' Her eyes,... | |
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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... 
