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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... "
Typical selections from the best English authors, with introductory notices ... - Pagina 192
door English authors - 1876
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An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the Reformation of Luther

Charles de Villers - 1805 - 516 pagina’s
...The cities of Lombardy, and those on the * " But the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophists, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the...rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obediency, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive even in servitude itself, the spirit of...
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Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney

Philip Sidney - 1807 - 492 pagina’s
...without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. But when they are united, it it then that we pay " that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which keeps alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom." EDUCATION AND STUDY. As the...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pagina’s
...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;...that generous loyalty to rank and sex, —that proud submission,—that dignified obedience, —that subordination of the heart, which kept alive r . even...
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American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and ...

1811 - 386 pagina’s
...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...never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to mnk and sex; that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of thelieart, winch...
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A Discourse on the Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British

James Ussher - 1815 - 250 pagina’s
...Puritanical savageness of mauners" and of course, " that generou* loyalty to rank and sex, that fond submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitnde itself," according to the observation of Burke, " the spirit of an exalted freedom" had fled...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 63

1848 - 802 pagina’s
...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 prond submission, that dignified...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pagina’s
...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 the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,-never more, shall we behold that generous lovalitv to rank and sex.— that proud submission,—that...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pagina’s
...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,...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,-—...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

1821 - 362 pagina’s
...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,...ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyally to rank and sex, that prond submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the...
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The New Edinburgh review

1822 - 694 pagina’s
...contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall 1 * * * But the age of chivalry is gone 1 That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has...succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever !' — Reflections on the French Revolution. as the illustration given by Paine, when he said Mr. Burke,...
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