 | 1814 - 652 strani
...chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity; which kept alive even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom." France then' flourished under" all the pleasing illusions which made power gentle and obedience liberal,... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - 322 strani
...in every other respect. A writer of great ingenuity and eminence regrets, that " we shall never more behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ;" and adds, " that with these, are also fled that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - 312 strani
...in every other respect. A writer of great ingenuity and eminence regrets, that " we shall never more behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ;" and adds, " that with these, are also fled that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,... | |
 | Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 strani
...look that threatened her with insult. But the " age of chivalry is gone — that of sophisters-, " (Economists, and calculators has succeeded ; " and...spirit of an " exalted freedom. The unbought grace of •e life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse " of manly sentiment, and heroic enterprize, is... | |
 | Charles de Villers - 1805 - 516 strani
...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... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1807 - 492 strani
...without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. But when they are united, it it then that we pay " that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which keeps alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom." EDUCATION AND STUDY. As the... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 strani
...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...that generous loyalty to rank and sex, —that proud submission,—that dignified obedience, —that subordination of the heart, which kept alive r . even... | |
 | 1811 - 386 strani
...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...never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to mnk and sex; that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of thelieart, winch... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 strani
...threatened her with insult. — But the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophisters, cecouomists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe...of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, Ilie cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone! It is gone,... | |
 | James Ussher - 1815 - 250 strani
...Puritanical savageness of mauners" and of course, " that generou* loyalty to rank and sex, that fond submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitnde itself," according to the observation of Burke, " the spirit of an exalted freedom" had fled... | |
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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... 
