 It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 95by Edmund Burke - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Henry Grattan - 1839 - 480 pages
...institutions, — that cheap defence of nations, — the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring courage while it mitigated ferocity, and ennobling whatsoever it touched." Justly may we... | |
 | Henry Grattan - 1839 - 488 pages
...institutions, — that cheap defence of nations, — the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring courage while it mitigated ferocity, and ennobling whatsoever it touched." Justly may we... | |
 | Henry Grattan - 1839 - 480 pages
...institutions,—that cheap defence of nations,—the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, —that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring courage while it mitigated ferocity, and ennobling whatsoever it touched." Justly may we... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1839 - 554 pages
...freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 300 pages
...freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone. It is gone, that sensibility of...felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity ; which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which, vice itself lost... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone. It is gone, that sensibility of...felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity ; which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which, vice itself lost... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 702 pages
...The un" bought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, " the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise " is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility...ennobled whatever it touched, and " under which vice lost half its evil, by losing all its " grossness. This mixed system of opinion and sen" timent had... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 738 pages
...The un" bought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, " the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise " is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility...ennobled whatever it touched, and " under which vice lost half its evil, by losing all its " grossness. This mixed system of opinion and sen" timent had... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1841 - 626 pages
...grace of life,—the cheap defence of nations,—the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize, is gone. It is gone : —that sensibility of principle,—...felt a stain like a wound ; which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity; which enobled whatever it touched, and under which, vice itself lost half... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...unbought grace of life,, | the cheap defence of nations, | the nurse of manly sentiment, | and heroic en'terprise, | is gone, ! | It is gone, — | that...— | that chastity of hon'our, | which felt a stain liAe a wound,, — | which inspired courage | whilst it mitigated fero'city, — | which enno'bled... | |
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