 Romans, honour meant no more than contempt of dangers and death in the service, whether just or unjust, of their country. Their successors and conquerors, the Goths and Vandals, who did not deal much in complex ideas, simplified those of honour, and reduced...  World - Página 268por Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | British essayists - 1802 - 360 páginas
...much in complex ideas, simplified those of HONOUR, and reduced them to this plain and single, one, of fighting for fighting's sake, upon any, or all, no...of HONOUR. * A GENTLEMAN, which is now the genteel sy* A Gentleman, is every man, who with a tolerable suit of cloatlis, a sword hy his side, and a watch... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 374 páginas
...much in complex ideas, simplified those of HONOUR, and reduced them to this plain and single one, of fighting for fighting's sake, upon any, or all, no...shall now give of a fashionable MAN of HONOUR. * A GfcNTLEMAN, which is now the genteel sy* A Gentleman, is every man, who with a tolerable suit of cloaths,... | |
 | 1823 - 440 páginas
...much in complex ideas, simplified those of honour, and reduced them to this plain and single one, of fighting for fighting's sake, upon any, or all, no...Gothic ancestors, be ready for, and rather desirous of single combat. And if by a proper degree of wrongheadedness he provokes it, he is only so much the... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 788 páginas
...much in complex ideas, simplified those of honour, and reduced them to this plain and single one, of fighting for fighting's sake, upon any, or all, no...Gothic ancestors, be ready for, and rather desirous of single combat. And if by a proper degree of wrongheadedness he provokes it, he is only so much the... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1828 - 270 páginas
...those of honour, and reduced them to this plain and single one, of fighting for fighting's sake, and upon any or all, no matter what, occasions. Our present...fashionable man of honour. A gentleman,* which is now the gentee * A gentleman is every man, who, with a tolerable suit of clothes, a sword by his side, and... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Esq. Alfred Howard - 1831 - 306 páginas
...to this plain and single one, of fighting for fighting's sake, and upon any or all, no matter wlxat, occasions. Our present mode of honour is something...fashionable man of honour. A gentleman,* which is now the gentee * A gentleman is every man, who, with a tolerable suit of clothes, a sword by liis side, and... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 582 páginas
...much in complex ideas, simplified those of HONOUR, and reduced them to this plain and single one, of fighting for fighting's sake, upon any, or all, no...character which I shall now give of a fashionable MAN OP HONOUR. A Gentleman,* which is now the genteel synonymous term for a MAN OF HONOUR, must, like his... | |
 | Roger Coxon - 1925 - 348 páginas
...much in complex ideas, simplified those of honour, and reduced them to this plain and single one, of fighting for fighting's sake, upon any or all, no...shall now give of a fashionable man of honour. , A gentleman,1 which is now the genteel synonymous term for a man of honour, must, like his Gothic ancestors,... | |
 | Roger Coxon - 1925 - 348 páginas
...will appear by the true character which I shall now give of a fashionable man of honour. A gentleman,1 which is now the genteel synonymous term for a man...Gothic ancestors, be ready for and rather desirous of single combat. And if by a proper degree of wrong-headedness he provokes it, he is only so much the... | |
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