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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... "
A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches - Page 378
by William Francis Collier - 1900 - 582 pages
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...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/ The same all-grasping genius exhibits most striking examples of the pathetic, the terrible, the sublime....
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The Port Folio, Volume 4

1810 - 702 pages
...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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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...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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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
...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...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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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;...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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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...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; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 63

1848 - 802 pages
...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 - 426 pages
...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...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 American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...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 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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