Traduction de l'essai sur l'homme de Pope: en vers français, précédée d'un discours et suivie de notes avec le texte anglais en regard |
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2 2 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 . Quel vil peut éclairer ce chaos de notre être ?
2 2 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 . Quel vil peut éclairer ce chaos de notre être ?
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| Title | Traduction de l'essai sur l'homme de Pope: en vers français, précédée d'un discours et suivie de notes avec le texte anglais en regard |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | Louis marquis de Fontanes |
| Translated by | Louis marquis de Fontanes |
| Publisher | Chez Le Normant, 1821 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Length | 243 pages |
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