... generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations,... American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and ... - Seite 1351811 - 300 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1848 - 524 Seiten
...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,...felt a stain like a wound, which, inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity. which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost... | |
| 1848 - 588 Seiten
...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,...felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage, whilst it mitigated ferocity ;." — may we not, — instead of joining in this eloquent lament, which... | |
| Thomas Keightley - 1848 - 394 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... | |
| 1848 - 636 Seiten
...of manlv sentiments — is gone. I', s gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity, ,wl.ich ennobled whatever it touched, and under vhich vice itself lost half of its evil, by losing... | |
| Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 Seiten
...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,...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 King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 Seiten
...freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly spirit and heroic enterprise, is gone! It is gone — that sensibility of principle — that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound — which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity, which... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility...felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost... | |
| Bernard Burke - 1850 - 630 Seiten
...alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom . Chivalry, according to him, was 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... | |
| Benjamin Cowell - 1850 - 364 Seiten
...freedom. The 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, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain, like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 Seiten
...freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone : It is gone, — that sensibility...felt a stain like a wound, — which inspired courage whilst it mitigated 1 Marie Antoinette, daughter of the Empress Maria Theresa, and Queen of LouU XVI.,... | |
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