| Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1845 - 638 pages
...accomplish the duties of his profession, as the champion of God and the ladies. He devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect...obligations, and to vindicate, in every perilous adventure, bis honour and character. Chivalry, which owed its origin to the feudal system, expired with it. —... | |
| John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1848 - 726 pages
...were ihe inviolable guardians of his oath. As the champion of God and the ladies, he devoted himself to speak the truth ; to maintain the right ; to protect the distressed ; to practice courtesy, (a virtue less familiar to theinfideli); to despise the allurements of ease and... | |
| Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...accomplish the duties of his profession, as the champion of God and the ladies. He devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect...perilous adventure his honour and character. Chivalry, which owed its origin to the feudal system, expired with it. — Robertson ; Gibbon. CHIVALRY, COURT... | |
| George Palmer Putnam - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 752 pages
...accomplish the duties of his profession, as the champion of God and the ladies. He devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect...and to vindicate, in every perilous adventure, his honor and character. Chivalry, which owed its origin to the feudal system, expired with it. — Robertson... | |
| Hannah Townsend - Great Britain - 1852 - 156 pages
...knight of chivalry swore to fulfil his duty as the champion of God and the ladies. He devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect...courtesy, to fulfil obligations, and to vindicate his honour and character in every perilous adventure. f Tournaments were martial sports, or exercises,... | |
| Hannah Townsend - Great Britain - 1852 - 150 pages
...knight of chivalry swore to fulfil his duty as the champion of God and the ladies. He devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect...courtesy, to fulfil obligations, and to vindicate his honour and character in every perilous adventure. f Tournaments were martial sports, or exercises,... | |
| Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...accomplish the duties of his profession, as the champion of God and the ladies. Ho devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect...perilous adventure his honour and character. Chivalry, which owed its origin to the feudal system, expired with it. — Robertson ; Gibbon. CHIVALRY, COURT... | |
| George Palmer Putnam - 1853 - 776 pages
...accomplish the duties of his profession, as the champion of God and the ladies. He devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain* the right, to protect...and to vindicate, in every perilous adventure, his honor and character. Chivalry, which owed its origin to the feudal system, expired with it. — Robertson... | |
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