1843,  V.  A.  Huber,  English  Universities  (ed.  F.  W.  Newman),

ii-  347-

The  mere  management  of  arms,  though  essentially  requisite,
was  not  sufficient  of  itself  to  form  an  accomplished  Knight
in  the  times  of  chivalry  ;  it  was  necessary  for  him  to  be
endowed  with  beauty,  as  well  as  with  strength  and  agility
of  body  ;  he  ought  to  be  skilled  in  music,  to  dance  gracefully,
to  run  with  swiftness,  to  excel  in  wrestling,  to  ride  well,  and
to  perform  every  other  exercise  befitting  his  situation.  To
these  were  to  be  added  urbanity  of  manners,  strict  adherence
to  the  truth,  and  invincible  courage.
1838,  Strutt,  Sports  and  Pastimes,  p.  xxiv.
It  was  in  England  (says  Mr.  G.  P.  Marsh),  that  the  ideal
of  social  grace  and  moral  excellence  in  man,  as  attributes  of
humanity  superior  in  worth  to  the  artificial  claims  of  rank
and  conventional  manner,  was  first  conceived,  named,  and
realized. — The  English  Language  p.  437.
