 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 sider
...*' impoffible ; and that the beft precepts, as well " as the beft laws, would prove of fmall ufc, *' if there were no examples to enforce them. *' To attack vices in the abftract, without *' touching perfons, may be fafe fighting indeed, " but it is fighting with fhadows.... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 sider
..." impoflible ; and that the beft precepts, as well " as the beft laws, would prove of fmall ufe, " if there 'were no examples to enforce them. " To attack vices in the abftraft, without " touching perforis, may be fate fighting indeed, " but it is fighting with fhadows.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 464 sider
...afraid, is impoffible ; and that the beft Precepts, as well as the beft Laws, would prove of fmall ufe, if there were no Examples to enforce them. To attack Vices in the abftraft, without touching Perlbns, may be fafe fighting indeed, but it is fi^htin^ with Shadows. General... | |
 | Junius - 1791 - 416 sider
...afraid L impoflible ; and that the beft pre" cepts, at well as the beft laws, would prove of fmall ufe, if '' there were no examples to enforce them. To attack vices in " the • • . Your mercy to me, or tendernefs for yourfelf, has been very great. The public will judge... | |
 | Charles Pigott - 1793 - 252 sider
...reform anc} ' not chaftife would be impoffible, and that the * wifeft precepts would be of little ufe, if there ' were no examples to enforce them. To ' attack vices in the abftradt without aiming ' at perfons would be fafe fighting indeed, but ' it would be fighting with... | |
 | Junius - 1796 - 214 sider
...afraid is impollible: and that the beft precepts, " as well as the belt laws would prove of imall ufe, if there were " no examples to enforce them. To attack vices in the abftraft, " without touching perfons, may be fate fighting indeed, but it 13 \T~. T IT like another... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 450 sider
...afraid, is impoffible ; and that the beft precepts, as well as the beft Laws, would prove of finall ufe, if there were no Examples to enforce them. To attack Vices in the abftract, without touching Perfons, may be fafe fighting indeed, but it is fighting with fhadows. General... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 454 sider
...afraid, is impoffible ; and that the beft precepts, as well as the beft Laws, would prove of finall ufe, if there were no Examples to enforce them. To attack Vices in the abftract, without touching Perfons, may be fafe righting indeed, but it is fighting with fhadows. General... | |
 | John Bristed - 1803 - 326 sider
...following is an extract : ' To reform, and not to chastize, is, I am afraid, impossible : and that thebest precepts, as well as the best laws, would prove of small use, if there were noexamples to enforce them. To attack vices in the abstract, without touching persons, may be safe... | |
 | Junius - 1804 - 494 sider
...Pope's Letter to Doctor Arbuthnot, dated 26. July, 1734; from which the following is an extract: " To reform, and not to " chastise, I am afraid is impossible:...to enforce them. To attack vices in the abstract, with" out touching persons, may be safe fighting indeed, but it is fight" ing with shadows. My greatest... | |
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To reform and not to chastise I am afraid is impossible, and that the best precepts, as well as the best laws, would prove of small use if there were no examples to enforce them. To attack vices in the abstract, without touching persons, may be safe fighting... 
