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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... "
Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta ... queen of France and Navarre, tr. by R.C. Dallas - Page 98
by Joseph Weber - 1805
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Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney

Philip Sidney - 1807 - 492 pages
...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...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...that threatened her with insult—But the age of chivalry is gone.—That of sophisters, economists, and* calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of...that generous loyalty to rank and sex, —that proud submission,—that dignified obedience, —that subordination of the heart, which kept alive r . even...
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American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and ...

1811 - 386 pages
...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...never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to mnk and sex; that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of thelieart, winch...
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A Discourse on the Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British

James Ussher - 1815 - 250 pages
...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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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 63

1848 - 802 pages
...have elapsed since Mr Burke observed — " The age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophists, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex — that prond submission, that dignified...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...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 for ever. Never,-never more, shall we behold that generous lovalitv to rank and sex.— that proud submission,—that...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

1821 - 362 pages
...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...ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyally to rank and sex, that prond submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 91, Part 2; Volume 130

1821 - 734 pages
...speaks of its fall in these words — " The age of Chivalry is gone, — that of sopbisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever." Burke, Letter on the French Revolution, p. 113. f De Sade, Vie de Petrarque, apud Godwin, Life of Chaucer,...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 47

1836 - 570 pages
...deficient in grace and gallantry. The bows with which it commenced and closed, declaratory in action of that " generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience," which Burke lias immortalized in description— the passaging from side to side, reflecting, as it...
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The New Edinburgh review

1822 - 694 pages
...that elevation and that fall 1 * * * But the age of chivalry is gone 1 That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever !' — Reflections on the French Revolution. as the illustration given by Paine, when he said Mr. Burke,...
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