Some ill-conditioned persons who sneer at the life-matrimonial, may perhaps suggest, in this place, that the good couple would be better likened to two principals in a sparring match, who, when fortune is low and backers scarce, will
chivalrously set to, for the mere pleasure of the buffeting; and in one respect indeed this comparison would hold good; for, as the adventurous pair of the Fives' Court will afterwards send round a hat, and trust to the bounty of the lookers-on for the means of regaling themselves, so Mr Godfrey Nickleby and HIS partner, the honeymoon being over, looked out wistfully into the world, relying in no inconsiderable degree upon chance for the improvement of their means.
From the tone of the club box he had perceived how grave a mistake that would be; and, though he was more than ever determined to "see the thing through," he felt less
chivalrously eager to champion his betrothed's cousin than before their brief talk at the Opera.
But Ruth is my teacher," Martin answered
chivalrously.
She was pretty and soft, and had been
chivalrously treated all her days.
The dangerous precipice along whose rocky front, Wolfe and his brave companions climbed to glory; the Plains of Abraham, where he received his mortal wound; the fortress so
chivalrously defended by Montcalm; and his soldier's grave, dug for him while yet alive, by the bursting of a shell; are not the least among them, or among the gallant incidents of history.
A coming-of-age plot does not work if the hero has transgressed before it begins, and stolen land cannot be reclaimed by thieves quite so
chivalrously.
Having used my quick thinking already that evening, when two staggering Glaswegian men
chivalrously offered to escort me to the bus, I managed to make them run away in fear when I blagged their drunk brains into believing I knew their mothers
went ahead and very
chivalrously turned the book into defense of Henry
But he
chivalrously pretended we had the same kinds of knowledge.
When Malcolm
chivalrously rescues an unknown woman traveller, he gradually recognises Margaret through her voice and her interesting conversation.
His Lordship rides
chivalrously in the back, leaping out to open gates.
The generosity here means that the human grants
chivalrously to other people what s/he needs to it and this forbearance and generosity is converted into human's virtue in which s/he has preferred others to oneself [1].
