 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...power, Till truth were freed, and equity restor'dt «*e> Yet held it more humane, more heav'nly first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of Fear ; At least to try, and teach the erring soul Not wilfully mis-doing, but unware zz5 Misled ; the stubborn... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...pow'r, Till truth were freed, and equity restor'd : 220 Yet held it more humane, more heav'nly first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear ; At least to try, and teach the erring soul Not wilfully misdoing, but unaware Misled; the stubborn... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...tyrannick power, Till truth were freed, and equity restor'd: Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear; At least to try, and teach the erring soul, Not wilfully misdoing, but unware Misled; the stubborn... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...tyrannic power, Till truth were freed, and equity restor'd : Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear; At least to try, and teach the erring soul, Not wilfully misdoing, but unaware Misled; the stubborn... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...tyrannick power, Till truth were freed, and equity restor'd: Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear; 'At least to try, and teach the erring soul, Not wilfully misdoing, but unware Misled; the stubborn... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...power, '1111 truth were (reed, and equity restor'd : 320 Yet held it more humane, more heav'nly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of tear ; At least to try, and teach the erring soul, Not wilfully mis-doing, but umvare / ?2S Misled... | |
 | England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...calculated, • By Tinning words to conquer willing heart!, And make pervuuion do the work ot'lear,' of that resistless appeal to the heart, which is the very spirit of eloquence, more per* feet specimens were never given than may be found in the eloquent sermons of Bourdaloue, the sublime... | |
 | England - 1818 - 764 pages
...language of the Author of our faith, is that described in the words of Milton, •• By winning wotdi to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear." We are aware, too, that it is the national peculiarity of this country to dwell too much and too exclusively... | |
 | 1818 - 782 pages
...most allied to the language of the Author of our faith, is that described in the words of Milton, " By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear," We are aware, too, that it is the national peculiarity of this country to dwell too much and too exclusively... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...tyrannic power, Till truth were freed, and equity restor'd : Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear; At least to try, and teach the erring soul. Not wilfully misdoing, but unaware Misled; the stubborn... | |
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Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear... 
