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A memoir of the political life of ... Edmund Burke

George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophisters, economists, and VOL. II. D calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe...never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty td rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart,...
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The political works of Marcus Tullius Cicero, tr. by F. Barham

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1841 - 626 pages
...age of chivalry, (says Burke) is gone; that of sophists, economists, and calculators has commenced; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever....kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life,—the cheap defence of nations,—the nurse of manly sentiment...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 4

John Adolphus - 1841 - 702 pages
...But the age of chivalry is gone. That " of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has suc" ceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever....that " generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud sub" mission, that dignified obedience, that subordination " of the heart, which kept alive, even in...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 4

John Adolphus - 1841 - 738 pages
...But the age of chivalry is gone. That " of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has suc" ceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever....that " generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud sub" mission, that dignified obedience, that subordination " of the heart, which kept alive, even in...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a looA' | that threatened /ier with insult. | But the age of chivalry is gone,. | That of sophisters, economists,...calculators, | has succeeded; | and the glory of Europe n | is extinguished for ev,er. Never, never more, | shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and...
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George Cruikshank's Omnibus

George Cruikshank - 1841 - 390 pages
....Reflections on the Revolution in France, which we will suppose to be thus printed : — But the " age of chivalry " is gone ; that of sophisters, economists,...the " glory of Europe " is extinguished for ever. The untaught grace of life, the " cheap defence of nations *," the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic...
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George Cruikshank's omnibus, ed. by L. Blanchard

Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett, Samuel Laman Blanchard - 1842 - 366 pages
...Reflections on the Revolution in France, which we will suppose to be thus printed : — But the " age of chivalry " is gone ; that of sophisters, economists,...the " glory of Europe " is extinguished for ever. The unbought grace of life, the "cheap defence of nations*," the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic...
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George Cruikshank's Omnibus

George Cruikshank - 1842 - 366 pages
...we will suppose to be thus printed : — But the " age of chivalry " is gone ; that of sophistere, economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the " glory of Europe " is extinguished for ever. The un bo ugh t grace of life, the "cheap defence of nations*," the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic...
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Miscellaneous Writings of George W. Burnap ... Collected and Revised by the ...

George Washington Burnap - 1845 - 366 pages
...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...kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment...
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Miscellaneous Writings of George W. Burnap ... Collected and Revised by the ...

George Washington Burnap - 1845 - 404 pages
...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...rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified CALHOUN, CLAY, AND WEBSTER. 115 obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even...
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