 | 1876 - 302 Seiten
...we sink into the practise of it ourselves. As the poet says too truly: ' Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As to be hated, needs but to be seen;...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then laugh at, then embrace.' So, through bad companions, we become infected with the leprosy of wickedness.... | |
 | 1842 - 1124 Seiten
...and brave: Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white I Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain; 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain. Virtuous... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...the vice. Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If the chequer'd sh then pity, then embrace. But where th' extreme of vice, was ne'er agreed : Ask where's the north ?... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...the vice. Fools ' who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in lime and pain. V. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, A", to be hated, needs but to be seen ; 7... | |
 | Richard John Neuhaus - 1986 - 300 Seiten
...utterly abhorrent. In light of today's widespread tolerance of both, the words of Pope are pertinent: Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. The monstrous becomes habitual, and we cannot afford but to be on friendly... | |
 | Linda Simon - 1991 - 452 Seiten
...break: she could not bear a rival. And Pope's lines, which he had used in "The Sea Change," made sense : Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.37 Alice, for her part, neither forgot nor forgave. She followed his career... | |
 | Stephen R. Covey - 1992 - 340 Seiten
...influence. To emphasize my point, I even shared Alexander Pope's well-known statement concerning vice: Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Our discussion ended with a decision to try to limit ourselves to about one... | |
 | 1872 - 974 Seiten
...undertook the defence of the system which they had before condemned. In the language of Pope :— " Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, " As to be...too oft, familiar with her face, " We first endure, then pity, then embrace." ("Hear," and a laugh.) He intended this measure as a supplement to Lord O'Hagan'a... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1994 - 342 Seiten
...so much knowledge, and possessed sufficient talent for such an undertaking. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST. w Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." — POPE. THE winter and spring passed very quietly at Ion. At Roselands... | |
 | Josie Washburn - 1997 - 376 Seiten
...number of criminal assaults, houses of that character are greater in proportion. "Evil begets evil." "Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." The Hold-Up For twelve years I was a matron of a public house in Lincoln,... | |
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. 
