| George Cruikshank - 1842 - 366 pages
...and calculators has succeeded ; and the " glory of Europe " is extinguished for ever. The un bo ugh t grace of life, the "cheap defence of nations*," the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, "is gone !" * Burke. This cunning practico of acknowledging a few words borrowed, with a view to divert... | |
| Hannah More - 1843 - 456 pages
...less effect, to raise the spirit of true chivalry as muchas 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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination is gont ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude...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... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude...the 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... | |
| Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pages
...generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude...the 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... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...r'ank and se'x, — that pr'oud submission, — that di'gnified obe'dience, — that subordination of the he'art, which kept al'ive (even in servitude...li'fe, the cheap defence of na'tions, the nu'rse of ma'nly-sentiment and hero'ic-enterprise, is go'ne : It is' -gone, — that sensib'ility of prin'ciple,... | |
| George Washington Burnap - 1845 - 404 pages
...obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap...the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility to principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified odedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ! " But though the sentiment of loyalty has greatly degenerated, it is not wholly extinct ; it is now... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 pages
...generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified odedience, that sub ordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ! " But thougk the sentiment of loyalty has greatly degenerated, it is not wholly extinct ; it is now... | |
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