The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)

part composed of men of a high spirit, and of a delicate sense of

honor, both with regard to themselves individually, and with regard to their whole corps, over whom they kept, beyond what is common in other countries, a censorial eye. They were tolerably well bred; very officious, humane, and hospitable; in their conversation frank and open; with a good military tone; and reasonabl...