 ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall 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...  The British orator - Page 52by Thomas King Greenbank - 1849Full view - About this book
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...concealed in that bosom! Little did I dream that I should have to live to see such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...honour and of cavaliers. I thought ton thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge a look that threatened her with insult. But the age...succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...concealed in 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...threatened her with insult. — But the age of chivalry is gone.1 RIGHTS OF MAN. If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 620 pages
...endowed with personal charms more than sufficient to pass for beauty on a throne. siastically exclaimed, "I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult," he forgot that the first insult had been perpetrated, and the ground laid for the most galling of the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 618 pages
...endowed with personal churras more than sufficient to pass for beauty ou a throne. siastically exclaimed, "I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult," he forgot that the first insult had been perpetrated, and the ground laid for the most galling of the... | |
 | John Timbs - Biography - 1860 - 432 pages
...that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men of honour, and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, and economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever Never,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...elevation and that fall ! 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...her with insult. " But the age of chivalry is gone, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." The following selection from Shelley's " To a Skylark,"... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...and that fall ! Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her, ia a Nation of gallant men, in a Nation of men of honor,...her with insult. " But the age of chivalry is gone, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." The following selection from Shelley's " To a Skylark."... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...disgrace concealed in 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...scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.—But the age of chivalry is gone. 1 RIGHTS OF MAN. If civil society be made for the advantage... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...elevation and that fall ! 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 tea thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look that threatened her... | |
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