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 castle chapel - Página 138por Regina Maria Roche - 1825Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1825 - 448 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
| D R. Thomason - 1827 - 230 páginas
...with vice, it is universally admitted, weakens its power to repel and disgust: 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. * The actor, in personating bad characters, must direct his thoughts into... | |
| William Lothian - 1828 - 580 páginas
...sentiment is 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... | |
| 1830 - 690 páginas
...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... | |
| 1828 - 580 páginas
...previously 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 páginas
...and deceitful forms may ever prevail 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...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 - 218 páginas
...with vice, it is universally admitted, weakens its power to repel and disgust: 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.* The actor, in personating bad characters, must direct his thoughts into an... | |
| Jared Bell - 1832 - 226 páginas
...to desire ; that self-confidence was a broken reed, inadequate to their support. " Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first abhor, then pity, then embrace." They who are already traveling in this fatal course,... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1835 - 494 páginas
...improved or impaired. Pope says, truly, Vice is a monster, of so frightful mien, As to be dreaded, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. It is almost unnecessary to remark, that this fact will enable us to estimate... | |
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