...last drop of his blood.* " Wonderful formation, — the noblest of national institutions, — that cheap defence of nations, — the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring...

...last drop of his blood.* " Wonderful formation, — the noblest of national institutions, — that cheap defence of nations, — the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, — that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound ; inspiring...

...to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit...gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity ; which...

...td rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit...gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity ; which...

...to raise the spirit of true chivalry as much as Cervantes had done to lay the false. " The imbought 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 not fond...

...| that proud submis'sion, — | that dignified obedience', — | that subordination of the heart' | which kept alive, | even in servitude itself', | the...that sensibility of principle, — | that chastity of hon'our, | which felt a stain liAe a wound,, — | which inspired courage | whilst it mitigated fero'city,...

...rank and sex, that proud sub" mission, that dignified obedience, that subordination " of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude " itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The un" bought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, " the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise...

...rank and sex, that proud sub" mission, that dignified obedience, that subordination " of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude " itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The un" bought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, " the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise...

...grace of life,—the cheap defence of nations,—the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize, 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...

...sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the " glory of Europe " is extinguished for ever. The unbought grace of life, the "cheap defence of...of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, "is gone !" * Burke. This cunning practice of acknowledging a few words borrowed, with a view to divert suspicion...