 | Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pages
...principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry ; and the principle,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...of principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness. LESSON CLXVIII. Intemperance. LYMAN BEECHER. COULD I call around me, in one vast assembly, the temperate... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1845 - 366 pages
...principle, that chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage, whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. " But all is now changed. All the pleasing illusions which made power gentle, and obedience liberal,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...has gone over me, and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scat23 age whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evils by losing all its grossness. JUNIUS. (1769-1772.) [THE ablest writer of invective in the English... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...a st'ain/ like a wou'nd, — which inspired co'urage/ whilst it mitigated ferocity, which enno'bied whatever it touch"ed ; and under whic'h/ vice itself/ lost half its e'vil, by lo'sing all its grAossness. THE COMMON LOT. MONTGOMERY. ON'CE/ in the flight of ages pa'st, There lived a nm n ; —... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 pages
...looks upon his fellow men with suspicion, who sees around him nothing but enemies, must be miserable. That chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness, is gone. Let conquerors boast Their fields of fame, he who in virtue arms A young, warm spirit against... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pages
...looks upon his fellow men with suspicion, who sees around Km nothing but enemies, must be miserable. That chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a...which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all ite grossness, is gone. Let conquerors boast Their fields of fame, he who in virtue arms A young, warm... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 272 pages
...looks upon his fellow men with suspicion, who sees around lim nothing but enemies, must be miserable. That chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a...ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself tost half its evil by losing all its grossness, is gone. Let conquerors boast Their fields of fame,... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 pages
...of honor, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, and ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice...itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness. CONQUEST OP JERUSALEM BY THE CRUSADERS, AD 1009.— GIBBON. was not till after a long and obstinate... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 454 pages
...honor, \ / which felt a stain, like a wound ; \ / which inspired courage, whilst it mi tiga ted || ferocity;\ which ennobled whatever it touched; \ and...under which || vice itself, \ lost half || its evil, FAMILIAR RHYTHM. We have hitherto furnished such examples only, as exhibit rhythms of the most striking... | |
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It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all... 
