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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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Apocalyptic Sketches: Lectures on the Book of Revelation ; First ..., Volume 2

John Cumming - Bible - 1855 - 522 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 succceded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never more shall we behold that generous...
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A Journey Through the United States and Part of Canada

Robert Everest - United States - 1855 - 198 pages
...Reason, philosophy, Fiddle-de, diddle-dee." It is even a kind of wickedness to do so. " The age of economists and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever." Upon the whole, the author has givej^a work full of valuable information to those who are interested...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.3 U . forever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,...
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The Most Eminent Orators and Statesmen of Ancient and Modern Times ...

David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 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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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 31

American essays - 1873 - 794 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

Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...smoothed even the rugged brow of war." But how nave 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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Memorable Scenes in French History: From the Era of Cardinal Richelieu to ...

Samuel Mosheim Smucker - France - 1857 - 398 pages
...swords would 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 tho glory of Europe is extinguished forever." The kindness and generosity of her nature, which often...
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McGuffey's New Eclectic Speaker: Containing about Three Hundred Exercises ...

William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 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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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 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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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge 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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