| 1814 - 652 pages
...chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity; which kept alive even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom." France then' flourished under" all the pleasing illusions which made power gentle and obedience liberal,... | |
| John Moore - 1803 - 312 pages
...in every other respect. A writer of great ingenuity and eminence regrets, that " we shall never more behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ;" and adds, " that with these, are also fled that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,... | |
| John Moore - 1803 - 322 pages
...in every other respect. A writer of great ingenuity and eminence regrets, that " we shall never more behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that...servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom ;" and adds, " that with these, are also fled that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...irrational expectations. MANNERS. BUT the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, •economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of...of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize is gone ! It Is gone,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...irrational expectations. MANNERS. BUT the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, oeconomists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of...of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize is gone ! It is gone,... | |
| Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...threatened her with insult. But the " age of chivalry is gone—that of sophisters, " oeconomists, and calculators has succeeded; " and the glory of...an " exalted freedom. The unbought grace of " life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse " of manly sentiment, and heroic enterprize, is " gone ! It... | |
| Joseph Weber - 1805 - 552 pages
...threatened her with insult. But the " age of chivalry is gone — that of sophisters-, " (Economists, and calculators has succeeded ; " and the glory of...spirit of an " exalted freedom. The unbought grace of •e life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse " of manly sentiment, and heroic enterprize, is... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of...of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse ef manly sentiment and heroick enterprise is gone ! It is gone,... | |
| Philip Sidney - 1807 - 492 pages
...without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. But when they are united, it it then that we pay " that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which keeps alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom." EDUCATION AND STUDY. As the... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...that threatened her with insult—But the age of chivalry is gone.—That of sophisters, economists, and* calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of...that generous loyalty to rank and sex, —that proud submission,—that dignified obedience, —that subordination of the heart, which kept alive r . even... | |
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