 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...  English Prose (1137-1890) - Σελίδα 274επεξεργασία από - 1909 - 544 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 σελίδες
...emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little did I dream, when she added titles of veneration to that enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 σελίδες
...dream that, when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote...succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 σελίδες
...have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little did I dream when she ndded titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant,...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1867 - 448 σελίδες
...emotion, that elevation and that fall ! Little did I dream, when she added titles of veneration to that enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever ! Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 σελίδες
...I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant man, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers ; I...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Augustus Antoine Cornelius Meves - 1868 - 380 σελίδες
...glittering like the morning-star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh what a revolution ! and what a heart must I have to contemplate without emotion that...succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 σελίδες
...began to move in, — glittering like the morning-star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. .... Little did I dream that I should have lived to see...sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded. Ibid. Vol. iii. p. 331. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 σελίδες
...the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom ; 2 little did I dream that I should live to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation...succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - 1868 - 216 σελίδες
...the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom ; little did I dream that I should live to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished. Never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1868 - 286 σελίδες
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honourj and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
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