John Dryden - A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of hi

A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work, a bare hanging; but to makea malefactordiesweetly was only belonging toher husband.

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Dryden, John. "A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Sir Walter Scott, vol. 13, William Miller, 1808, p. 95.

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