 ... 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 honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look...  Reflections on the Revolution in France - Page 84by Edmund Burke - 1890 - 484 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1790 - 606 pages
...that bofom; little did I dream that 1 fhould have lived to fee fuch difafters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men. in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thoufand Avords muft have leaped from ir fcabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with in.—But... | |
 | 1790 - 612 pages
...bofom ; little did I dream. that 1 fliould have lived to fee fuch difallcrs fallen upon her in a notion of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cav&liers. 1 thought ten thouland (words mull have leaped from their fcabbards to avenge even a look... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...VOL. I, B Little did I dream that I fliould have lived to fee fucli .difafters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. I thought ten thoufand fwords mull have leaped from their fcabbards, to avenge even a look that threatened her with... | |
 | English literature - 1793 - 302 pages
...in jail : * Little did I dream that I fhould have lived to fee fuch difafters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and cavaliers, p. 1 1 1. f We have Lord George Gordon faft in Newgate, kc. p. 114. There, There, in a "... | |
 | 1797 - 700 pages
...that bofom; little did I dream that I fliould have lived to fee fuch difafters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thoufand fwords mult have leaped from their fcabbards to avenge even a loik that threatened her with... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 pages
...that bofom; little did I dream that I fhould Have lived to fee fuch difafters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thoufands fwords muft have leaped from their fcabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...that bosom ; 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 honour...her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.' The same all-grasping genius exhibits most striking examples of the pathetic, the terrible, the sublime.... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 702 pages
...revolution! and what heart must I have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...with insult — but the age of chivalry is gone!" In the following simile, the conspicuous light in which the valour of Hector is placed, demands a considerable... | |
 | George Hanger - Great Britain - 1801 - 356 pages
...extinguished for ever! and little did you dream that you should live to see such disasters fall upon you, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers ; that you thought ten thousand swords would have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look... | |
 | George Coleraine, George Hanger - Prostitution - 1801 - 356 pages
...for ever ! and little did you dream that you should live to see such disasters fall upon you, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers ; that you thought ten thousand swords would have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look... | |
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