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 the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Стр. 150авторы: Edmund Burke - 1815Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1836
...itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt disgrace like a wound." Most of the persecutors of the hapless Marie Antoinette were in turn executed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1828 - Страниц: 160
...unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle,...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness ! FEAR OF GOD. It were endless to enumerate all the passages, both in the sacred and profane writers,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - Страниц: 251
...unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone! It is gone, — that sensibility of principle,...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. PART OF THE BURIAL SERVICE. (From the Book of Common Prayer.) I AM the resurrection and the life, saith... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - Страниц: 251
...grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise ia gone! It is gone, — that sensibility of principle,...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. PART OF THE BURIAL SERVICE. (From the Book of Common Prayer.) I AM the resurrection and the life, saith... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830
...defence of nations, the nurse of manly ;-eiiliineiit and heroic enterprise is gone 1 It is gone t hat urn thee; no maid with her tears of love. Dead is...brought thee forth. Fallen is the daughter oí Morglan il mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, aud under \vliicli vice itself lostlialf... | |
 | James Rush - 1833 - Страниц: 432
...several durations of those pauses. It is gone | that sensibility of principle | that chastity of honor | which felt a stain | like a wound | which inspired...lost | half its evil | by losing all its grossness. | The effect of the variety 1 am endeavouring to illustrate, may perhaps be made more conspicuous by... | |
 | James Rush - 1833 - Страниц: 432
...several durations of those pauses. It IB gone | that sensibility of principle | that chastity of honor | which felt a stain | like a wound | which inspired...whatever it touched | and under which | vice itself | lout | half its-evil | by losing all its grossness. | The effect of the variety 1 am endeavouring... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834
...nnbought grace of lifo, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise rn mi t oil system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry ; and the principle,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge, James Russell Lowell - 1836
...exalted freedom ; that untaught grace of life, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage...which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its crossness." It is the reality finely exemplified in the actions of Edward the Black Prince, showing... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - Страниц: 392
...honor, 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. VIII. ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA.—Burke. Mr. Speaker—For national service of whatever kind, whether... | |
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