 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 Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer - Page 34edited by - 1791Full view - About this book
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which 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. FROM BURKE. LVIII.— RIENZI.— SCENE I. THIS... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1859 - 382 pages
...principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity; which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice lost half its evil by losing all its grossness." In the last clause of this beautiful sentence, we... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...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 its grossness. — From R<Jkctions on the Revolution in France.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...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 its grossness." Emperor of Germany, Catherine of Russia, and... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...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 Josing all its grossness. BURKE. ON NEGRO SLAVERY. I trust that at length... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...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 its grossneas. CHILDHOOD OF COWPER. 379 CHAPTER V. WILLIAM... | |
 | Z. M. Chandler - 1862 - 240 pages
...corrupted. 10. The chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which 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, is gone. (192) RULE II. 336. A substantive,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pages
...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 its grossness. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...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 its grossness. VI.—THE SWOBD OF -WASHHSrGTOIf AND THE STAFF... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...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 its grossnesa. I CHAPTER V. WILLIAM COWPEE. Born 1731 AD .....Died... | |
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