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It is perfectly true that women, and children also, stirred in the poet an element of chivalrous devotion.
I don't think, ma'am, you know the chivalrous and devoted feeling that runs through this shop.
I don't believe he would have been so chivalrous if he had seen you as Jack did just before dinner.
It is easy to imagine the zest with which the chivalrous Bierce plunged into preparations for the fight.
There was nothing exceptional, save the opportunity, in the chivalrous act which cost him his life.
"Oh," said John, laughing, "then when a fellow is nineteen he can be chivalrous to his own sister?"
He lifted his wife out of the cart in his strong arms with a kind of chivalrous tenderness.
If the Germans had practiced a chivalrous humanity in their war for conquest, they'd have won it.
Roosevelt, who was making his famous tour, gave many bouquets to "immortal Hungary," the "virtuous," the "chivalrous."
However often I may have met him, he has offered me nothing but the most chivalrous attention.
Ladies cheered them, called them chivalrous sons of the South, and urged them on to the field.
I assure you that the Emperor is too chivalrous to inflict a punishment for the accomplishment of a duty.
She seemed to feel a sort of chivalrous obligation because he was so far off and helpless and lonely.
I have never known what real chivalrous sympathy was till I met you, and I have needed it so.
Curiously enough this man regarded himself as not only a man of honor, but chivalrous towards women.
He, therefore, embraced the very first opportunity of relieving his chivalrous friend of so undesirable a guest.
At his request I accompanied him to the royal presence, and Edward received them with chivalrous courtesy.
If walls could speak, what thrilling stories of chivalrous men and fair women could be there heard!
It would add a last chapter to those chivalrous games which they had played together as children.
He impressed every one who came near him as a born gentleman, chivalrous and generous in a high degree.
It seemed a pledge to enter upon some high and chivalrous vocation for the sake of this unknown girl.
Robert Morton was too chivalrous to be brutal to any woman, much less an old friend like Cynthia.
An attractive manly appearance, blooming youth, chivalrous manners, won him all hearts from the very first.
"The cares and sentiments of a father are often more potent than the chivalrous heroism of a youth!"
How splendid, by reason of the grand courage, the chivalrous devotion, that shone out of his blue eyes!
He was actually surprised at his own eloquence and at how in earnest he felt; and how chivalrous.
The adventurous hero will also appeal to the chivalrous instincts of the people, and especially to the young.
After the chivalrous Emperor I had indeed encountered another Galahad; I was furious, but I could do nothing.
We wanted to let her know that our action was the expression of a distant but chivalrous respect.
The test of scarlet was discovering chivalrous values in Tubby of which he himself was only partly aware.
Even with four sisters to spoil him, he had remained the same frank, chivalrous character all his life.
In those days Frank and Jesse James were esteemed as chivalrous gentlemen, and fit guardians of female honor.
Their kings in ancient times were elected for their personal beauty as much as for their chivalrous qualities.
The noble and chivalrous always holds its place as the aim of true humanity in his ideal world.
It was a sound which, in any place, would have awakened all that was chivalrous in his nature.
On the other hand, he is admittedly brave, generous, chivalrous, kind to the poor, and courteous to women.
His manner with me was unchanged; only a shade of chivalrous deference began to be perceptible in it.
That she had involuntarily aroused in him the profoundest and most chivalrous pity was plain to her.
His chivalrous bearing had been trained and polished amidst the splendors of his uncle's court of Vienna.
This chivalrous nobleman came, in his youth, to America with Lafayette, and fought for the new Republic.
His grandfather before him, who had been equally lacking in chivalrous graces, had greatly damaged the English.
They have no such elaborate theory of conduct as is found in the chivalrous society of the Middle Ages.
Oh, Clive, you were chivalrous and romantic, too, when you listened to your mother's wishes and gave me up.
The supposition was lived up to by the chivalrous and ignored by many who gained large reputations.
General Buckner expressed his thanks for this chivalrous act, and later in life became Grant's personal friend.
Hummel and Laura, whenever he met them, the most chivalrous politeness, which well became the learned gentleman.
He loved her so much that he could not be chivalrous; he could not even be just or reasonable.
This nation, incessantly occupied in wars with the Moors and in chivalrous exploits, neglected and disdained trade.
Red men, brave and chivalrous, and unnatural buffalo, with the habits of lions, exist only in imagination.
Only the prospect of ransom, and chivalrous ideas in the case of individuals, availed to give any greater protection.
"And those that have spoken of you have given you a good name, for a brave and chivalrous fellow."
It was but a little while after that the chivalrous Bond was himself wounded and a prisoner.
Whatever their nationality, all my neighbors made the most chivalrous endeavors to shield me from these pests.
More, too, I heard, and that of the chivalrous kindness that John Carter had accorded my daughter.
The new king was but twenty years old, gracious in manner, and chivalrous in his ideals of conduct.
The French have been a military nation, but they fought for a chivalrous ideal, for adventure, for humanity.
This was openly proclaimed in the heroic and chivalrous ages and should still be held in grateful remembrance.
The chivalrous military officer removed the irons from their legs and arms as soon as he received them.
He was too chivalrous to return on his own side the man whose success would fill his pockets.
Chivalrous in tone, gallant in action, as he was, the girls feared while they liked and admired him.
I will trust you as a chivalrous enemy to take my niece, and I will sit here until you return.
Flashing, chivalrous honor, sublime but senseless, is an exotic plant introduced here only a very few years back.
I think you ought to know the truth about this business, even if Boyd is too chivalrous to tell you.
He was always so broad, so fine, so head and shoulders above other men, so, well, chivalrous to women.
Whether it was due to his own hints to Elizabeth, or to Anderson's chivalrous feeling, he did not know.
He was supposed to be in disgrace, but she had cause to know that he was compassionate and chivalrous.
The man was steadfast, chivalrous, honest, and she saw in him latent capabilities which few others suspected.
He slays his brother Paolo in chivalrous fashion and in single combat, and Francesca dies of a broken heart.
They were chivalrous and brave; they had bright intelligences, stout hearts, strong arms, and a mighty sword.
A would-be hero, genius, and chivalrous lover, he has none of the genuine qualities needed for sustaining the parts.
His imprisonment was not without dangers that afforded opportunities of displaying his lofty courage and chivalrous humanity.
You could not have wished to see a more frank, honest, and chivalrous cast of countenance than the marshal's.
She would have been something more than human, if such very chivalrous attentions had not been agreeable to her.
Closely connected with the chivalrous poetry of an epic character are some early lyric poems that have been preserved.
All the same, I wish he would transfer this chivalrous affection to some other quarter and leave you alone.
It was about the size of that chivalrous decoration, and occupied the exact spot where it is usually fixed.
Beside himself with amazement, fear, and hope, he was still too chivalrous to avail himself of an involuntary confession.
You are, yourself, so generous and noble, can you not understand my sympathy for a brave and chivalrous foe?
Meyer was above all chivalrous, and the despair of that young and lovely woman touched him deeply.
Most chivalrous passenger, you who fly into such a passion if your dignity is offended by a short answer.
She paused and her look got hard when she resumed: "Perhaps he thought he ought; sometimes he's chivalrous."
He would show himself high-minded, confident, generous, chivalrous, even; and he would trust to chance for the issue.
France trusted firmly in the wise and chivalrous Montcalm; England trusted hopefully in the young and heroic Wolfe.
For the first time she could make allowance and feel grateful for his chivalrous impulse to defend her.
If her diplomacy continues as delicate and chivalrous as it is at present, they may soon be her only friends.
He might have been grateful had it become less, but he was far too chivalrous to admit such a thought.
Because Ralph was chivalrous and a "good fellow," Lorna believed such was the character of all young men.
I can see him now, with his high chivalrous features, and long, fair mustache waving in the breeze.
Her head was filled with chivalrous romances of the past, with stories of knights and ladies and tournaments.
There was something in her manner which made a strong appeal to the chivalrous heart of the young man.
He was a wretched, primitive man, wholly devoid of the finer instincts and chivalrous promptings of a cultured soul.
Utter absence of any chivalrous feeling hinting that if she said you were drunk you would say she was.
Chivalrous sentiment by no means involves perfect purity, nor even a lofty conception of the true meaning of purity.
He was perfect in all chivalrous accomplishments; and he sighed for some field on which he could display them.
"All the same," thought chivalrous Andy, "I might give Doris a hint that things look a good bit better."
As a young man Henry had been chivalrous and adventurous, and in politics anxious for good government and justice.
Kenmore, you are very noble and chivalrous, but you know little of the subtle workings of a woman's heart.
Few ever walked west with her to her home without feeling in an atmosphere of high and chivalrous enterprise.
A chivalrous young American may offer his life for a remote ideal which yet may belong to his familial tradition.
She was not fond of girls' occupations, and has always had a sort of chivalrous feeling toward women.