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| John Moore - 1803 - 312 pages
...in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ;" and adds, " that with these, are also fled that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,...stain like a wound, which inspired courage while it indicated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil,... | |
| John Moore - 1803 - 322 pages
...in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ;" and adds, " that with these, are also fled that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,...stain like a wound, which inspired courage while it indicated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize is gone ! It Is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,...felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, Vhich inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under... | |
| Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...of manly sentiment, and heroic enterprize, is " gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of princi" ple, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain " like a wound, which inspired courage whilst " it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled what" ever it touched, and under which vice itself "... | |
| Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...of manly sentiment, and heroic enterprize, is " gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of princi" pie, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain " like a wound, which inspired courage whilst " it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled what" ever it touched, and under which vice itself "... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse ef manly sentiment and heroick... | |
| 1811 - 386 pages
...cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment aujj^heroic enterprise, is gone! It is gone — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,...inspired, courage, while it mitigated ferocity; which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which, vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...Ilie 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,...felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 pages
...cheap defence of nations, the nurse of of manly sentiment and heroick enterprisfe is gone! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,...felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost... | |
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