 ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall 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...  The British orator - Page 52by Thomas King Greenbank - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Dublin city, univ - 1864 - 324 pages
...old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet." . . . c. " But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters,...and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. . . . The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1865 - 586 pages
...concealed in that bosom ! 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...with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophistcrs, economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...tribute, and has collected riches from every *cene of the creation and every walk of art." asters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of...her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. On the French Revolution. The cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...concealed in that bosom ; 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...and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must havo leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. — But the... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - 170 pages
...spite of pride, in erring reason's spite One truth is clear, " Whatever is, is right." — Pcpe. 11. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. — Burke. 12. For I in spirit saw thee move Thro' circles of the bounding sky. — Tennyson. 2. The... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1867 - 460 pages
..." glittering like the morning star, full of life and splendour and joy ; but," he added, bitterly, "the age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophisters,...; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever ! " It was this passage which, in an especial degree, roused the wrath of Burke's opponents. Philip... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1867 - 102 pages
...spite of pride, in erring reason's spite One truth is clear, " Whatever is, is right." — Pope. 11. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. — Burke. 12. For I in spirit saw thee move Thro' circles of the bounding sky. — Tennyson. 2. The... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...concealed in that bosom ; 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...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1868 - 216 pages
...live 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. Never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 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...sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded. Ibid. Vol. iii. p. 331. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly... | |
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