Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Crime: Its Nature, Causes, Treatment, and Prevention - Page 144by Sanford Moon Green - 1889 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1879 - 824 pages
...weak, we are not only a long way from justice, but from republican liberty. " Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As, to be hated needs but to be seen." But how can we hate it if we cannot see it? Or, if we wink at it or apologize for it, why should it not... | |
| 1823 - 428 pages
...been appointed to his present Office. By the Rev. Mr. Villette, Ordinary of Newgate, and others. " Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen." Pope. London, 1776. In an article in a late number upon John Everett, a gentleman who... | |
| 1823 - 584 pages
...been appointed to his present Office. By the Rev. Mr. Villette, Ordinary of Newgate, and others. " Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen." Pope. London, 1776. IN an article in a late number upon John Everett, a gentleman who... | |
| 1823 - 428 pages
...been appointed to his present Office. By the Rev. Mr. Villette, Ordinary of Newgate, and others. " Vice is a monster. of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen." Pope. London, 1776. In an article in a late number upon John Everett, a gentleman who... | |
| John Collins (merchant.) - 1823 - 404 pages
...vice, make a person lose shame in committing it. " Vice is a monster of such frightful mien " That to be hated needs but to be seen ; " But seen too oft, familiar with its face, " We first endure, then pity, then embrace. " Quando fueres yunque, sufre como yunque; quando... | |
| John Landseer - 1823 - 430 pages
...that mere misgiving is not here flowing from my pen. It may be true that " Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, " As to be hated needs but to be seen .•" But we cannot with similar reliance upon the word of a poet, trust Astronomical monuments to the public... | |
| Elizabeth Heyrick - 1824 - 40 pages
...familiarity, be brought to endure and tolerate almost any thing. He had caught the poet's idea, that — " Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, " As to be hated, need but to be seen ; " But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, " We first endure, then pity, then... | |
| Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 pages
...he determined on not being precipitate in carrying into effect. H2 CHAPTER VII. " Vice is a monsler of such frightful mien. As to be hated, needs but...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then suffer her embrace." WHILE young Mordaunt was revelling in the indulgence of guilty anticipations,... | |
| 1825 - 448 pages
...merely excite the passing smile. " [93 Vice is a monster of such frightful mein, As to be hated, need but to be seen: But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. But, Sir, can we do this, till the mind has undergone a transformation, from... | |
| James Wright Simmons - 1826 - 128 pages
...that of almost every other man. (i) Analogy of religion. Part I. Chap. V. (fc) Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. ESSAY ON MAN. When the Poet wrote the above lines, he must have designed them... | |
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