Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.
Walter ScottAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer, Poet
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: August 14, 1771
- Died: September 21, 1832