 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 298 pages
...you have done before him. I have fome^ times thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral-writers keep vice at a ftand, or fo much as retard the progrefs...it requires thofe extraordinary means which become punifhments as •well as leflbns : National corruption muft be purged by national calamities.— Let... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 344 pages
...than you have done before him. I have fometimes thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral-writers keep vice at a ftand, or fo much as retard the progrefs...it requires thofe extraordinary means which become punifhments as well as leflbns : National corruption muft be purged by national calamities.— Let... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1751 - 362 pages
...cannot do lefs than you have done before him. I have fometimes thought that if preachers, hangmen, and moral writers keep vice at a ftand, or fo much...to be brought about by ordinary means, it requires thefe extraordinary means which become punifhments as well as leflbns : national corruption muft be... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 298 pages
...before him. I have fometimes thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral-writers keep vice at a Hand, or fo much as retard the progrefs of it, they do as...it requires thofe extraordinary means which become punifhments as well as lefTons : National corruption muft be purged by national calamities.— Let... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 350 pages
...than you have done before him. I have fomerimes thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral-writers keep vice at a ftand, or fo much as retard the progrefs...it requires thofe extraordinary means which become punifhments as well as leffbns : National corruption muft be purged by national calamities.—Let us... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 352 pages
...than you have done before him. I have fometimes thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral-writers keep vice at a ftand, or fo much as retard the progrefs...it requires thofe extraordinary means which become punimments as well as lefTons : National corruption muft be purged by national calamities. — Let... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 486 pages
...before him. I have fometimes thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral writers keep vice at a Hand, or fo much as retard the progrefs of it, they do as...admits. A real reformation is not to be brought about by ordi. VOL. IV. K nary .' Lord Eolingbrokc't feat at Daw Icy in MIddle&x. il'i-tl, LETTERS TO AND Let.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - English literature - 1761 - 424 pages
...cannot do lefs than you have done before him. I tiave fometimes thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral writers keep vice at a ftand, or fo much...much as human nature admits. A real reformation is cot to be brought about by ordi* Lord Bolingbrokc's fcat at Dawlcy in Midilkfcx. Warb. VoL. VIII. K... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 464 pages
...before him. I have fometimes thought^ that if preachers, hangmen, and moral-writers keep vice at a Hand, or fo much as retard the progrefs of it, they do as much as human nature admits : a real reformation is_not to be brought about by ordinary means ; it requires thole extraordinary means which become punifhments... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 462 pages
...cannot do kfs than you have done before him. I have fometimes thought, that if preachers, hangmen, and moral writers keep •vice at a ftand, or fo much...it requires thofe extraordinary means which become punifhments as. well as leflbns. National corruption muft be purged by national calamities. — Let... | |
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... of it, they do as much as human nature admits : a real reformation * is not to be brought about by ordinary means ; it requires those extraordinary means which become punishments as well as lessons : national corruption must be purged by national... 
