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" ... little did I dream that I should have 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 have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that... "
Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century - Page 588
edited by - 1911 - 724 pages
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 1

Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...which they had been in assured possession, in favour of wild and irrational expectations. MANNERS. BUT the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters,...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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The Heroine, Or, Adventures of Cherubina

Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1815 - 724 pages
...lovely as the G nidus of Praxiteles.' IDA OF ATUE.VS. Page 149.— / thought ten thousand &c. — ' I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.' BURKE ox THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Pape 152. — In all the elegant embarrassment, £fc. — ' Her eyes,...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...lived to see such disasters fall upon her in a nation of gallant men — in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is:extinguished for ever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyality to rank and sex,-—...
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 pages
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...the age of chivalry is gone. — That of sophisters, ceconomists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...lived to sec such disasters fall upon her in a nation of gallant men—in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...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;...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

1821 - 362 pages
...fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought tea 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 loyally to rank and sex, that prond submission,...
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Memoirs of her late majesty, queen Caroline, Volume 3

Joseph Nightingale - 1822 - 640 pages
...jFcm tii. BY J. NIGHTINGALE, One of the Authors of " the Beauties of England and Wales," SfC. IfC. " 1 thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...her with insult. — But the age of chivalry is gone ! " BUREB. "Death is the port where all may refuge find. The end of labour, entry unto rest ; Death...
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Report of the Proceedings Before the House of Lords, on a Bill of ..., Volume 4

Joseph Nightingale - 1822 - 584 pages
...OBSEQUIES. BY J. IpGHTINGALE, One of the Authors of" the Beauties of England and Wales," Sf-c. " 1 thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...her with insult. — But the age of chivalry is gone ! " BURKE. fLonHon: J. ROBINS AND CO. ALBION PRESS, IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: With ...

John Watkins - 1822 - 476 pages
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult." CHAPTER XI. of a Daughter to Lord Byron. — Differences his Lady* — She quits his Residence. —...
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An Historical and Critical Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Right ...

John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult." CHAPTER XI. Birth of a Daughter to Lord Byron. — Differences with his Lady. — She quits his Residence....
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