 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...which they had been in assured possession, in favour of wild and irrational expectations. MANNERS. BUT the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters,...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...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...succeeded ; " and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever. Never, never more, shall we behold " that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that " proud... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...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...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | 1811 - 386 pages
...disasters 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...succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to mnk and sex; that proud submission,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1814 - 362 pages
...O'Donnel, catching the enthusiasm, " did we then dream that we should have lived to have seen such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant...men, in a nation of men of honor, and of cavaliers.* " Give me the ring/' he cried, snatchBurke. ing it eagerly: " I cannot part with it, though I perish... | |
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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 honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that... 
