 | John Milton - 1851 - 606 pages
...chief fway in fuch matters as thefe, when all licencing will be eafily eluded. Impunity and remifTenes, for certain are the bane of a Commonwealth, but here the great art lyes to difcern in what the law is to bid reftraint and punifhment, and in what things perfwafion only... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...of America. Thus Milton is brought to remark upon the province of Government : " Here," he says, " the great art lies — to discern in what the law...punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.'' It is not positive legal enactment that forms the bond, pillar, or ligament of the Commonwealth, but... | |
 | Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New-York - 1853 - 774 pages
...theologians and statesmen, and the greatest of England's poets (Milton) has said, " Impunity and remissness are the bane of a commonwealth ; but here the great...what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and on what things persuasion only is to work." The same problem still remains to vex the legislator and... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...wise institutions can be sought for only in an inflexible observance of them. —Chinese maxim. 658. Impunity and remissness for certain are the bane of...punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.—John Milton. 659. One of the firmest supports of princes and statesmen, is the general distribution... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...wise institutions can be sought for only in an inflexible observance of them. —Chinese maxim. 653. Impunity and remissness for certain are the bane of...punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.—John Milton. 659. One of the firmest supports of princes and statesmen, is the general distribution... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 pages
...an inflexible observance of them. —Chinese maxim, Impunity and remissness for certain are the lane of a commonwealth; but here the great art lies, to...punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.—John Milton. _658. 659. One of the firmest supports of princes and statesmen, is the general... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...injunctions, must needs be vain and fruitless. j. MILTON 196. DUE AMOUNT OF RESTRAINT IN LEGAL ENACTMENTS. Impunity and remissness for certain are the bane of...good or evil in man at ripe years were to be under pittance1 prescription and compulsion, what were virtue but a name, what praise could be then due to... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...through the cave of Mammon, and the bower of earthly bliss, that he might see and know, and yet abstain.1 Impunity and remissness, for certain, are the bane...great art lies, to discern in what the law is to bid (order) restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work. If every action which... | |
 | John Milton, John Selden - 1868 - 92 pages
...chief fway in fuch matters as thefe, when all licencing will be eafily eluded. Impunity and remiffenes, for certain are the bane of a Commonwealth, but here the great art lyes to difcern in what the law is to bid reftraint and punifhment, and in what things perfwafion only... | |
 | John Milton - 1869 - 92 pages
...chief fway in fuch matters as thefe, when all licencing will be eafily eluded. Impunity and remiffenes, for certain are the bane of a Commonwealth, but here the great art lyes to difcern in what the law is to bid reflraint and punifhment, and in what things perfwafion only... | |
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If every action, which is good or evil in man at ripe years, were to be under pittance and... 
