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" But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. "
Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from ... - Page 181
by Edmund Burke - 1804
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A Memoir of the Political Life of the Right Honourable Edmund ..., Volume 2

George Croly - 1840 - 300 pages
...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 VOL. II. D calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a looA' | that threatened /ier with insult. | But the age of chivalry is gone,. | That of sophisters,...calculators, | has succeeded; | and the glory of Europe n | is extinguished for ev,er. Never, never more, | shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 4

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 738 pages
...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 suc" ceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever. Never, never more, shall we behold...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 4

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 702 pages
...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 suc" ceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever. Never, never more, shall we behold...
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George Cruikshank's Omnibus

George Cruikshank - English literature - 1841 - 390 pages
...from Burke's .Reflections on the Revolution in France, which we will suppose to be thus printed : — But the " age of chivalry " is gone ; that of sophisters,...the " glory of Europe " is extinguished for ever. The untaught grace of life, the " cheap defence of nations *," the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic...
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George Cruikshank's omnibus, ed. by L. Blanchard

Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett, Samuel Laman Blanchard - 1842 - 366 pages
...from Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, which we will suppose to be thus printed : — But the " age of chivalry " is gone ; that of sophisters,...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...
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George Cruikshank's Omnibus

George Cruikshank - English literature - 1842 - 366 pages
...we will suppose to be thus printed : — But the " age of chivalry " is gone ; that of sophistere, economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the " glory of Europe " is extinguished for ever. The un bo ugh t grace of life, the "cheap defence of nations*," the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic...
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Miscellaneous Writings of George W. Burnap ... Collected and Revised by the ...

George Washington Burnap - American essays - 1845 - 404 pages
...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,...rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified CALHOUN, CLAY, AND WEBSTER. 115 obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...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,...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,...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...smoothed even the rugged brow of war." But how have we degenerated ? " The age of chivalry is gone ; never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty...rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified odedience, that sub ordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit...
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