public-spirit

But we all are a pack of venal and corrupted rascals; so lost to all sense of honesty, and all tenderness of character, that, in a little time, I am fully persuaded, nothing will be infamous but virtue and public-spirit.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

Blackfriars is a noble monument of taste and public-spirit. —

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

Academical; all with a fellow-feeling for each other, and kind of Quack public-spirit!

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

More than that, he was a fundamenta ­lly decent human being - again unlike the modern Republican leadership and, I'm sad to say, more than a few in the Democratic party's leadership redstateirate: I'm more impressed with the intellect, prescience, humility and public-spirit

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Derrick Crowe 2012

Your country life, your sober habits, your dislike of feastings and carousings; these are great securities; but, while you follow the impulses of your public-spirit and your valour, I hope you will always bear in mind, that there are such things as _false-swearing_ in the world, and that a defeated coward has never been known to be otherwise than inexorably cruel.

Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 Henry Hunt 1804

Homage is here paid to every one clothed with power, be he who or what he may; real virtue and public-spirit are subjects of ridicule; and mock-sentiment and mock-liberality and mock-loyalty are applauded to the skies.

Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. William Cobbett 1799