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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 ...
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 ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volume 3 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | T. & G. Palmer, 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Dec 2, 2006 |
| Length | 754 pages |
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