 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 Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - Pagina 479door Edmund Burke - 1835Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Keightley - 1837 - 434 pagina’s
...heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness." Little surely does he know of the llth century and its spirit who can suppose any part of the foregoing... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1837 - 432 pagina’s
...heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness." Little surely does he know of the llth century and its spirit who can suppose any part of the foregoing... | |
 | 1838 - 716 pagina’s
...principle — that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound — -which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity — which ennobled whatever...lost half its evil by losing all its grossness."* The gay joitst or single combat, lance against lance, and the magnificent carousel, an allegorical... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1839 - 546 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...varying state of human affairs, subsisted and influenced through a long succession of generations, even to the time we live in. If it should ever be totally... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pagina’s
...of prmciple, that chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wouud, which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness." Yet inclined as we are to indulge in commendations of the spirit of chivalry, we cannot venture quite... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 pagina’s
...principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity ; which ennobled whatever it...state of human affairs, subsisted and influenced, through a long succession of generations, even to the time we live in. It is this, which has given... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 300 pagina’s
...whatever it touched, and under which, vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossuess ! " This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its...state of human affairs, subsisted and influenced, through a long succession of generations, even to the time we live in. It is this, which has given... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 702 pagina’s
...nations, " the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise " is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, " that chastity of honour, which felt...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 pagina’s
...nations, " the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise " is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, " that chastity of honour, which felt...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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