...unbought 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,...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. 13 It may have been impossible for a radical of Hazlitt's time to read this without thinking that pension...

...kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment...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, though...

...in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defense of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic...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...

...life except a redoubtable talent for debate. MONTESQUIEU, Persian Letters^ The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. BURKE, Reflections1 THE IRONY OF MYTH Maria Edgeworth has earned three reputations. Through Castle...

...oeconomists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. . . It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. (Reflections, 169-70) Considered in the light of his earlier speech about Jane McCrea, it would seem...

...sophisters, oeconomists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever ... It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity...vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.109 Burke's great realisation, that 'the age of chivalry is gone', occurs during the French...

...and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. . . . The unbought grace of life, the cheap defense of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic...which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry; and the principle,...

...Reflections he wrote that through the code of honor in chivalry men possessed that "unbought grace of life" which "inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity,...lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness," Burke clearly made manners and morals auxiliary to each other. By contrast with the honor and manners...

...unbought 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,...lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the antient chivalry; and the principle, though...

...unbought 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,...itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. The language throughout this passage borders on catachresis. Some of the words linked in pairs are...