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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... "
From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-nine Portraits and Selections from ... - Page 286
by Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 325 pages
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The Port Folio, Volume 4

1810 - 702 pages
...without emotion that elevation and that fall! 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!" In the following simile, the conspicuous light in which the valour of Hector is placed, demands a considerable...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

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,...
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Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of ..., Volume 1

Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...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...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...
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Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta ... queen of France and Navarre, tr. by R.C. Dallas

Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...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, " oeconomists, and calculators has succeeded; " and the glory of Europe...
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An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the Reformation of Luther

Charles de Villers - 1805 - 516 pages
...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 glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...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...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,...
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The Port Folio, Volumes 5-6

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,...
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American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and ...

1811 - 386 pages
...nation of men of honour, and ot-cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look, that threatened...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,...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...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? for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, —that proud submission,—that...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...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...the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophisters, cecouomists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,...
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