...heroic enteris gone. It is gone, || that sensibility || of principle, \ that chastity || of honor, \ / which felt a stain, like a wound ; \ / which inspired courage, whilst it mi tiga ted || ferocity;\ which ennobled whatever it touched; \ and under which || vice itself, \ lost...

...alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment...gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, and ennobled...

...of true chivalry as much as Cervantes had done to lay the false. " The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone! "* Selfishness is scarcely more opposite to true religion than to true gallantry. Men are not fond...

...alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise — is jjone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of hon our, which felt a stain like...

...exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiments, is gone. It is gone — that sensibility of principle,...it touched, and under which vice itself lost half of its evil by losing all its grossness." The quotation is most apt to the times. It was written in...

...unbought grace of life — the cheap Tacitas. 'defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiments — is gone. It is gone, that sensibility of principle,...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...

...defence of nations, the muse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone ;" that, we have lost " that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,...which inspired courage, whilst it mitigated ferocity ;." — may we not, — instead of joining in this eloquent lament, which the circumstances Burke was...

...kept alive even in servitude itself the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone." Even this, however, was but the beginning of the sanguinary outburst. The King was soon after dragged...

...grâce of life, thé cheap defence of nations, thé nurse of manly sentiment and heroic entreprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle,...and under which vice itself lost half its evil by loosing ail its grossness. EDMUND BURKE (Reflections on thé French Révolution. 1790). SPEECH OF CHAHAM...

...36. CHAP, unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse Ll_ of manly sentiments, is gone. It is gone, that sensibility of principle,...felt a stain like a wound ; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity ; which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost...