 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...  Works - Página 111por Edmund Burke - 1792Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 páginas
...of principle, that chastity of 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. 5. Two NEIGHBORS AND THE HENS. In a conversation... | |
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 páginas
...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.—Burke. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 786. Martial Description.... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 páginas
...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." On the French Revolution, Burke and Fox were... | |
 | 1873 - 794 páginas
...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." What a Celtic fluency and gorgeousness in... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 páginas
...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 lost half its evil by losing all its grossness. — BURKE. It here represents the " sensibility of... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1859 - 382 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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