| Thomas Keightley - 1837 - 428 Seiten
...subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom — 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... | |
| Thomas Keightley - 1837 - 434 Seiten
...subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom — 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... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1839 - 480 Seiten
...institutions,—that cheap defence of nations,—the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, —that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring courage while it mitigated ferocity, and ennobling whatsoever it touched." Justly may we... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1839 - 480 Seiten
...institutions, — that cheap defence of nations, — the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring courage while it mitigated ferocity, and ennobling whatsoever it touched." Justly may we... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1839 - 488 Seiten
...institutions, — that cheap defence of nations, — the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring courage while it mitigated ferocity, and ennobling whatsoever it touched." Justly may we... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1841 - 626 Seiten
...itself, the spirit of exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life,—the cheap defence of nations,—the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize, is...inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity; which enobled whatever it touched, and under which, vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.... | |
| John Adolphus - 1841 - 738 Seiten
...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,...felt a stain like a " wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated " ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and " under which vice lost half... | |
| John Adolphus - 1841 - 702 Seiten
...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,...felt a stain like a " wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated " ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and " under which vice lost half... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 Seiten
...life,, | the cheap defence of nations, | the nurse of manly sentiment, | and heroic en'terprise, | is gone, ! | It is gone, — | that sensibility of...— | that chastity of hon'our, | which felt a stain liAe a wound,, — | which inspired courage | whilst it mitigated fero'city, — | which enno'bled... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise e know not ; What is most like thec! From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, AH whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost... | |
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