Little did I dream, when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived... The Oxford Book of English Prose - Página 467por Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1092 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 páginas
...enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp an.idoîe ent and useless. At present it is the plan of the...the same humour, and should choose their servante on œconomists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Never,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 páginas
...dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful lore, that ehe should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote...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,... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 páginas
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, —in a natjpn of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1839 - 554 páginas
...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...even a look that threatened her with insult. But the r that of sophisters, economists, and calailatorsjia.s_siicceeded ; nnd thru prlnry-_j>f F^rppp i«;... | |
| Isabel Goldsmid - 1839 - 336 páginas
...move ; "glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy." I too, "thought that ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult." I too, alas! forgot that "the age of chivalry is gone." Greatly to Marables' annoyance, and in defiance... | |
| George Croly - 1840 - 612 páginas
...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...the age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophisters, economists, and VOL. II. D calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for... | |
| George Croly - 1840 - 300 páginas
...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...the age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophisters, economists, and VOL. II. D calculators, has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished for... | |
| John Adolphus - 1841 - 738 páginas
...splendour, and joy. Oh! what a revolution! and " what a heart must I have to contemplate, without 1/oo. " emotion, that elevation and that fall ! Little did...the age of chivalry is gone. That " of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has suc" ceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever.... | |
| John Adolphus - 1841 - 702 páginas
...splendour, and joy. Oh ! what a revolution ! and " what a heart must I have to contemplate, without 1790. " emotion, that elevation and that fall ! Little did...the age of chivalry is gone. That " of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has suc" ceeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for " ever.... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 468 páginas
...nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords would have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a...threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone ! " The food with which the royal family were supplied, was frequently so bad that they could not touch... | |
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