 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.  Immediate, Not Gradual Abolition, Or, An Inquiry Into the Shortest, Safest ... - Sivu 9tekijä(t) Elizabeth Heyrick - 1824 - 24 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1814 - 568 sivua
...familiarly with the debauched and wicked. " 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 admire, next pity, then embrace." The fox, when he first saw a lion, ran from him in great... | |
 | 1825 - 448 sivua
...forms and expressions 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... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 sivua
...carrying into effect. H2 CHAPTER VII. " Vice is a monsler 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 suffer her embrace." WHILE young Mordaunt was revelling in the indulgence of guilty anticipations,... | |
 | James Wright Simmons - 1826 - 128 sivua
...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 ; But 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... | |
 | D R. Thomason - 1827 - 230 sivua
...weakens its power to repel and disgust: 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 actor, in personating bad characters, must direct his thoughts into... | |
 | 1830 - 690 sivua
...have regarded it with abhoirence. " Vice is a creature of such hideous mien, That to be hated needa but to be seen ; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." It is, therefore, at best but an ingenious fallacy to contend, that because... | |
 | William Lothian - 1828 - 580 sivua
...well expressed by an English poet: " Vice is a monster of such frightful mein, 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 Apostle would illustrate his meaning by a familiar example. Did they... | |
 | 1828 - 580 sivua
...have regarded it with abhorrence. " Vice is a creature of such hideous mien, That to bo hated needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, Wo first endure, then pity, then embrace." It is, therefore, at best but an ingenious fallacy to contend,... | |
 | William Newnham - 1830 - 390 sivua
...with you to be at peace with it:— " 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." Its first approaches then must be narrowly watched ; and an early and anxious... | |
 | Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 212 sivua
...weakens its power to repel and disgust : 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 actor, in personating bad characters, must direct his thoughts into an... | |
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