 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pagina’s
...gone, — | that sensibility of principle, — | that chastity of hon'our, | which felt a stain liAe a wound,, — | which inspired courage | whilst it...vice itself | lost half its evil, | by losing all its gross, ness. | 18* BATTLE OF WARSAW. (CAMPBELL.) O sacred Truth ! | thy triumph ceas'd awhile, | And... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1841 - 626 pagina’s
...cheap defence of nations,—the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize, is gone. It is gone : —that sensibility of principle,— that chastity...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagina’s
...the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone! It is gone, most like thec! From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, AH [The Order of NobUity.} [From the вате.] To be honoured and even privileged by the laws, opinions,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gont ! It is gone, Tice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossuees. [The Order ofNobilüy.] [From the tamo.]... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pagina’s
...cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,...touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evils by losing all its grossness. JUNIUS. (1769-1772.) [THE ablest writer of invective in the English... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1845 - 404 pagina’s
...and heroic enterprise, is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility to principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage,...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. " But all is now changed. All the pleasing illusions which made power gentle, and obedience liberal,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pagina’s
...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...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness. LESSON CLXVIII. Intemperance. LYMAN BEECHER. COULD I call around me, in one vast assembly, the temperate... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pagina’s
...defence of na'tions, the nu'rse of ma'nly-sentiment and hero'ic-enterprise, is go'ne : It is' -gone, — that sensib'ility of prin'ciple, — that cha'stity...inspired co'urage/ whilst it mitigated ferocity, which enno'bied whatever it touch"ed ; and under whic'h/ vice itself/ lost half its e'vil, by lo'sing all... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pagina’s
...be miserable. That chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it...which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all ite grossness, is gone. Let conquerors boast Their fields of fame, he who in virtue arms A young, warm... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 pagina’s
...of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, and ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness. CONQUEST OP JERUSALEM BY THE CRUSADERS, AD 1009.— GIBBON. was not till after a long and obstinate... | |
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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... 
