 Vice is a monster of so 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.  The South-west - Strana 90autor/autoři: Joseph Holt Ingraham - 1835Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1952 - 1054 str.
...more senses than one, the shadow of life. Long ago a poet wrote: Vice is a thing of such frightful mien That to be hated needs but to be seen — But seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first abhor, then pardon, then embrace! In embracing this pernicious form of illusion... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1969 - 332 str.
...Thomas L. Phillips, Jr. The English poet Alexander Pope wrote : "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." To embrace the vice of drug abuse is the repetitious... | |
 | American Life Convention. Medical Section - 1921 - 352 str.
...reminded of a quotation from Pope's "Essay on Man" : "Vice is a monster of so 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." In regard to the examination of women, I question very much... | |
 | J. Friesen, Harry K. Ralston - 1976 - 324 str.
...influence a perfect demon. It reminds us of Pope's lines: Vice is a monster of so 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. The pioneer maritime fur-trader, James Hanna, arrived at... | |
 | 1903 - 350 str.
...of aversion for it which by degrees brings them into evil ways unless carefully guarded. " Vice is a monster of such horrid 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." Thus the present economic gain may be made at a... | |
 | Alan Gallay - 1994 - 440 str.
...this condition, presenting an appearance of wild desolation, and not unfrequently, of sublimity. . . . To sell cotton in order to buy negroes — to make...embrace." Many of the planters are northerners. When they have conquered their prejudices, they become thorough, driving planters, generally giving themselves... | |
 | Austin L. Sorenson - 1994 - 268 str.
...coldblooded showplace the world of entertainment has ever known."13 Sin 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! —Alexander Pope The enormous influence of television... | |
 | Frank Norris - 1996 - 670 str.
...what do you think about girls, anyway?" "'Girl'" (I misquoted) — "Girl is a monster of such hideous mien That to be hated needs but to be seen, But seen too oft', familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." "Now, I know that's not yours." "It's an improvement on... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1998 - 124 str.
...daily occurred in his presence. Such is the force of habit: — " 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." It was on the second day of the steamer's voyage,... | |
 | Mike Sanders - 2001 - 264 str.
...is noble and beautiful in their nature, as Pope justly says — "Vice is a monster of so hideous a mien. That to be hated — needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure — then pity then embrace." 231 And in the old immoral world we are introduced to... | |
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