 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
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 σελίδες
...decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh, what a revolution...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,... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 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,...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,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 σελίδες
...just 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...her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. Ibid. The cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone. ibid.... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1869 - 572 σελίδες
...fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought tec thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards...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,... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 104 σελίδες
...I must have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little did I dream that, when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic,...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is ex.tinguished for ever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 σελίδες
...I must have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little did I dream that, when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic,...calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is exlanguished for ever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that... | |
 | William A. Graham - 1870 - 136 σελίδες
...see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men — in a nation of men of honour and cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have...insult. But the age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophistors, economists, and calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1871 - 564 σελίδες
...should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little diJ I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters...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,... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 σελίδες
...disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. 3. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever I Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1871 - 200 σελίδες
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. The glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty... | |
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