 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 670 pages
...it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman ; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...seventeenth centuries, as much as the other did in preceding ages. A jealous sense of honour, less romantic, but equally elevated, a * The prerogative... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1826 - 650 pages
...it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman ; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...in devotional observances, an high pride of birth, * The prerogative exercised by government. Still this is only to the kings of England of compell- be... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1837 - 576 pages
...it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...in the preceding ages. A jealous sense of honour. Lass romantic, but equally elevated, a ceremonious gallantry and politeness, a strictness in devotional... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pages
...representative, a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman, and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...centuries, as much as the other did in the preceding ages. But was not the institution also productive of evil 1 To a certain extent it was, although the evil... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 582 pages
...it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman ; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...politeness, a strictness in devotional observances, a high pride of birth, and feeling of independence upon any sovereign for the dignity it gave, a sympathy... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1853 - 534 pages
...centuries, as much as the other did in the preceding ages. A jealous sense of honour, less romantie, but equally elevated, a ceremonious gallantry and...politeness, a strictness in devotional observances, a high pride of birth, and feeling of independence upon any sovereign for the dignity it gave, a sympathy... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1860 - 532 pages
...it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman ; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...politeness, a strictness in devotional observances, a high pride of birth and feeling of independence upon any sovereign for the dignity it gave, a sympathy... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1860 - 528 pages
...equally elevated, a ceremonious gallantry and politeness, a strictness in devotional observances, a high pride of birth and feeling of independence upon any sovereign for the dignity it fave, a sympathy for martial honour, though more subued by civil habits, are the lineaments which prove... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1871 - 672 pages
...it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman ; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...politeness, a strictness in devotional observances, a high pride of birth and feeling of independence upon any sovereign for the dignity it gave, a sympathy... | |
 | 1872 - 106 pages
...it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman ; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth...politeness — a strictness in devotional observances — a high pride of birth, and feeling of independence upon any sovereign for the dignity it gave —... | |
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The spirit of chivalry left behind it a more valuable successor. The character of knight gradually subsided in that of gentleman ; and the one distinguishes European society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as much as the other did in the preceding... 
