 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.  Paradise Lost - Page 181by John Milton - 1896 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cameron R. Lorenc - Psychology - 2005 - 222 pages
...Alexander Pope said it best when he wrote: "Vice is a monster of so frightful mien (appearance), As to be hated, needs but to be seen. Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." Here are a couple of examples of how a child may develop disturbing life... | |
 | Helen Vendler - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 166 pages
...No statement could be more unequivocal, more apparently serious. And yet, hear how Pope continues: Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. But where th'Extreme of Vice, was ne'er agreed: Ask where 's the North? At... | |
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