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Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta ... queen of France and Navarre, tr. by R.C. Dallas - Page 98
by Joseph Weber - 1805
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone ! It is gone, — that sensibility of 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 itself lost...
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A journal during a residence in France ... 1792

John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 522 pages
...spirit of an exalted freedom ;' and adds, that with these are also fled ' that sensibility of 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 itself tost half...
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The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 3

John Moore - 1820 - 532 pages
...spirit of an exalted freedom ;' and adds, that with these are also fled ' that sensibility of 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 itself lost half...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

1821 - 362 pages
...nur?e of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a...courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which rice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grotsness. This...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a...courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. This...
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The Beauties of Burke: Consisting of Selections from His Works

Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 pages
...nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a...courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness !...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone! It is gone, — that sensibility of principle, — that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a...courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, — which ennobled whatever it touched; and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. PART...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...nurse of manly ;-eiiliineiit and heroic enterprise is gone 1 It is gone t hat sensibility of principle, tears of love. Dead is ehe that brought thee forth. Fallen is the daughter oí Morglan il mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, aud under \vliicli vice itself lostlialf...
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The Philosophy of the Human Voice: Embracing Its Physiological History ...

James Rush - 1833 - 432 pages
...several durations of those pauses. It IB gone | that sensibility 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 | lout | half its-evil | by losing all its grossness....
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pages
...nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. This...
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