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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... "
The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections - Pagina 106
1821
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The political works of Marcus Tullius Cicero, tr. by F. Barham

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1841 - 626 pagina’s
...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...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pagina’s
...spirit of an exalted freedom. | The unbought grace of life,, | the cheap defence of nations, | the nurse of manly sentiment, | and heroic en'terprise, | is...— | 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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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagina’s
...the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse and heaven is overflowed. What thou art we know not...clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, AH vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness. [The Order of NobUity.} [From the вате.]...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gont ! . ". M!. Tice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossuees. [The Order ofNobilüy.] [From the tamo.]...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pagina’s
...the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone !...which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evils by losing all its grossness. JUNIUS. (1769-1772.) [THE ablest writer...
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The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a ...

Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone...which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pagina’s
...gra'ce of li'fe, the cheap 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...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...
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Miscellaneous Writings of George W. Burnap ... Collected and Revised by the ...

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,...which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. " But all is now changed. All the pleasing...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pagina’s
...the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone...gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which...
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Miscellaneous Writings of George W. Burnap ... Collected and Revised by the ...

George Washington Burnap - 1845 - 366 pagina’s
...the spirit of exalted 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 to principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage, whilst...
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