 ... 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...  Lectures on the History of England - Página 510por M. J. Guest - 1879 - 582 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1810 - 702 páginas
...contemplate 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... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 páginas
...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;... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 páginas
...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 - 1807 - 512 páginas
...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 ; and... | |
 | 1811 - 386 páginas
...in a 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 her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded; and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 páginas
...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, cecouomists, and calculators, has succeeded;... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1815 - 724 páginas
...ATUE.VS. Page 149.— / thought ten thousand &c. — ' I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.' BURKE ox THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Pape 152. — In all the elegant embarrassment, £fc. — ' Her eyes,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 páginas
...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, ceconomists, and calculators, has succeeded... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1821 - 362 páginas
...in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought tea 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... | |
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