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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. "
A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ... - Page 524
by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 570 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 3i'5 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain. V. 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. 210 But where the extremes...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 215 "Pis to mistake them costs the time and pain. V. 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. 220 But where th' extreme of...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 'Tis to mistake them costs the time and pain. 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. But where th' extreme of vice,...
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The Rising Sun,: A Serio-comic Satiric Romance, Volume 1

Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 pages
...habit, and habit renders vice familiar, and consequently indifferent, or even pleasing to him : " 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." From precept we will now come...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 2

Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pages
...day be bread, and peace, my lot: All else beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not; 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. If nothing more ihan purpose...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain* 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 6rst endure,' then pity, then embrace. 220 But where th' extreme of...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord ..., Volume 11

William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 446 pages
...grown tamiliar with her, we first suffer, and in time begin to lose the memory of her nature : 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. Which necessarily implies an...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton ...

William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...grown familiar with her, we first suffer, and in time begin to lose the memory of her nature : 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. Which necessarily implies an...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 215 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain. 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. 220 But where th' extreme of...
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English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: ... Designed for the ...

Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 pages
...see ; That mercy I to others show. That mercy show to me. This day be bread, and peace, my lot : 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. If nothing more than purpose...
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