 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 sider
...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 of vice was ne'er agreed : Ask Where's the north... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 sider
...tone ef voice than the same slide in the last line of the couplet. is a monster of so frightful 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 the extreme of vice was ne'er agreed; Ask where's the North, at... | |
 | John Dickinson - 1801 - 468 sider
...applicable to vice in politics, as to vice in ethics. " Vice is a monster of so horrid mien, *' As to be hated, needs but to be seen ; ** Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, " We first endure, then/tfVjy, then embrace.'.' When an act injurious to freedom has been once done, and the people bear... | |
 | 1809 - 572 sider
...abhorrence and detestation they would otherwise excite. " Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen — Yet, seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." And by suppressing the praises due to virtue,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 sider
...prerogative to raise A royal tribute from the poorest hours : Immense revenue ! ev'ry moment pays. If nothing more than purpose in thy power ; Thy purpose firm, is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more. Our outward... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 sider
...prerogative to raise A royal tribute from the poorest hours : Immense revenue ! ev'ry moment pays. If nothing more than purpose in thy power; Thy purpose firm, is equal to the deed : Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly ; angels could no more. Our... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 402 sider
...heart's prerogative to raise A royal tribute from the poorest hours: Immense revenue ! ev'ry moment pays. If nothing more than purpose in thy power; Thy purpose firm, is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more. Our outward... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - 322 sider
...vice in general, is peculiarly true when applied to scenes of cruelty : — " Which to be hated, need but to be seen ; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." ENNUI. Or all the contrivances to exclude this intruding demon from the mind... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - 312 sider
...general, is peculiarly true when applied to scenes of cruelty : — " Which to be hated, need but too be seen ; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." ENNUI. OF all the contrivances to exclude this intruding demon from the mind... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 sider
...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 vice was ne'er agreed : Ask where's the North... | |
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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. 
