 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1881 - 504 pages
...infecting the world, no virtue can bo safe, no honour be secure ; while wanton desires, diffused into the hearts of men, corrupt the strictest watches and...chastity. Thus, that primitive innocence being vanished, the oppression daily prevailing, there was a necessity to oppose the torrent of violence ; for which... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - British - 1837 - 502 pages
...infecting the world, no virtue can be safe, no honour be secure ; while wauton desires, diffused into the hearts of men, corrupt the strictest watches and...chastity. Thus, that primitive innocence being vanished, the oppression daily prevailing, there was a necessity to oppose the torrent of violence ; for which... | |
 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Knights and knighthood - 1882 - 676 pages
...this degenerate age, fraud and a legion of ills infecting the world, no virtue can be safe, no honour be secure ; while wanton desires, diffused in the...of knighthood-errant was instituted, to defend the honour of virgins, protect widows, relieve orphans, and assist all the distressed in general. Now I... | |
 | P. P MOTTEUX - 1884 - 574 pages
...this degenerate age, fraud and a legion of ills infecting the world, no virtue can be safe, no honour be secure; while wanton desires, diffused in the hearts...of knighthood-errant was instituted, to defend the honour of virgins, protect widows, relieve orphans, and assist all the distressed in general. Now I... | |
 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1919 - 778 pages
...this degenerate age, fraud and a legion of ills infecting the world, no virtue can be safe, no honour be secure ; while wanton desires, diffused in the...of knighthood-errant was instituted, to defend the honour "f virgins, protect widows, relieve orphans, and assist all the distressed in general. Now I... | |
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... the hearts of men, corrupt the strictest watches, and the closest retreats; which, though as intricate and unknown as the labyrinth of Crete, are no security for chastity. Thus that primitive innocence being vanished... 
