 ... 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 1611811 - 300 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1848
...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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1848
...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 - 380 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... | |
 | Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell - 1848
...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
...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
...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
...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... | |
 | Sir Bernard Burke - 1850
...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 - 352 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
...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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