 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 sivua
...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...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone/ The same all-grasping genius exhibits most striking examples of the... | |
 | 1810 - 702 sivua
...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 their scabbards,...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult — but the age of chivalry is gone!" In the following simile, the conspicuous light in which the valour... | |
 | George Coleraine, George Hanger - 1801 - 356 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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...avenge even a " look that threatened her with insult. But the " age of chivalry is gone—that of sophisters, " oeconomists, and calculators has succeeded;... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 sivua
...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...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 - 1807 - 512 sivua
...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...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... | |
 | 1811 - 386 sivua
...fallen 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,...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... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 sivua
...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 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 sivua
...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...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. — But the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophisters, cecouomists, and calculators, has succeeded;... | |
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... little did I dream that I should have 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 have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look... 
