 Without force, or opposition, it subdued the fierceness of pride and power; it obliged sovereigns to submit to the soft collar of social esteem, compelled stern authority to submit to elegance, and gave a dominating vanquisher of laws, to be subdued by...  The Patrician - Page 20edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | United States - 1887 - 734 pages
...private men to be fellows WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, AND ERNULPHUS DE MAINE, HIS STANDARD-BEARER, AD 1066. with kings. Without force or opposition it subdued...dominating vanquisher of laws to be subdued by manners." Memory loves to dwell on the stirring times of the Plantagenets, to recall the gorgeous tournaments... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 624 pages
...by which modern states are distinguished from the ancient." — FEHOUSSON : History Civil Society. which mitigated kings into companions, and raised private men to be fellows 1 with kings. Without force or opposition, it subdued the fierceness of pride and power ; it obliged... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...which modern states are distinguished from the ancient." — FERGUSSON: History Cicil Society. Ill which mitigated kings into companions, and raised private men to be fellows 1 with kings. Without force or opposition, it subdued the fierceness of pride and power ; it obliged... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...a noble equality, and handed it down through all the gradations of social life. It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions, and raised private men to be fellows wiih si kings. Without force or opposition, it subdued the fierceness of pride and power ; it obliged... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1887 - 686 pages
...a noble equality, and handed it down through all the gradations of social life. It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions, and raised private men to be fellows with 55 kings. Without force or opposition, it subdued the fierceness of pride and power ; it obliged sovereigns... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1888 - 686 pages
...a noble equality, and handed it down through all the gradations of social life. It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions, and raised...dominating vanquisher of laws to be subdued by manners. ta 4. But now all is to be changed. All the pleasing illusions which made power gentle and obedience... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1889 - 328 pages
...noble equality, and handed it down through all the gra45 dations of social life. It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions, and raised...the soft collar of social esteem, compelled stern 50 authority to submit to elegance, and gave a dominating vanquisher of laws to be subdued by manners.... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1889 - 216 pages
...subservient to the principal subject or thought. Thus: — Without force or opposition, it [chivalry] subdued the fierceness of pride and power ; it obliged...dominating vanquisher of laws to be subdued by manners. But now [all is to be changed :] all the pleasing illusions which made power gentle and obedience liberal,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1889 - 218 pages
...subservient to the principal subject or thought. Thus : — Without force or opposition, it [chivalry] subdued the fierceness of pride and power ; it obliged...elegance, and gave a dominating vanquisher of laws to be sulxlued by manners. But now [all is to be changed:] all the pleasing illusions which made power gentle... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1902 - 324 pages
...and power ; it obliged sovereigns to submit to the soft collar of social esteem, compelled stern 50 authority to submit to elegance, and gave a dominating vanquisher of laws to be subdued by manners. But now all is to be changed. All the pleasing illusions, which made power gentle, and obedience liberal,... | |
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