 ... 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 - Strana 52podµa Thomas King Greenbank - 1849Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Safire - 2004 - Počet stránok 1168
...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...must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even n look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists,... | |
 | Carleton University - 2004 - Počet stránok 596
...cosmopolitanism. At the end of the eighteenth century, the English political philosopher Edmund Burke moaned that "the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters,...succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." How wrong he was! The age of chivalry was just beginning, and "economists and calculators"... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2005 - Počet stránok 270
...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...succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." News of the beheading of Marie Antoinette arrived in Philadelphia on January 9, 1794. Vice-President... | |
 | Lawrence E. Cahoone - 2010 - Počet stránok 248
...I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand...succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever All the pleasing illusions which made power gentle and obedience liberal, and which, by a bland... | |
 | Dino Franco Felluga - 2005 - Počet stránok 230
...disasters fallen upon [Marie Antoinette] in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must...economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of England is extinguished for ever. (73) In fact, the age of chivalry was just in the process of being... | |
 | Hansjörg Bay, Kai Merten - 2006 - Počet stránok 674
...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...with insult. — But the age of chivalry is gone. (126f.)49 Was für eine Revolution. Burkes Bedauern, das ist angesichts der komplementären Szenen... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 2004 - Počet stránok 336
...cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords would have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry...and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. In just such plangent tones, Ronsard had called upon his young fellow-countrymen to ride to the rescue... | |
 | Samuel Agnew Schreiner - 2005 - Počet stránok 340
...should live to see such disasters fall upon her in a nation of gallant men; a nation of men of honor, cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have...threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry has gone.' " Curiously, the only medical man to examine Mary Lincoln's case in retrospect and in depth... | |
 | Richard W. Barber - 2005 - Počet stránok 220
...have lived to see 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...scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her 166 with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, From Knight economists, and calculators,... | |
 | Jane Duran - 2006 - Počet stránok 328
...Burke's Reflections considers the treatment accorded the hapless Marie Antoinette. He had written, "I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from...avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. " 33 The implied status of women is easy to discern; upper-class and aristocratic women are there,... | |
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