 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
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...and that is why shè needs to confront thè castle. Pope had highlighted in Essay on Man (1733-4): «Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, / As, to be hated, needs to be seen» [III, v]. Radcliffe, as Pope recommends, shows thè hèroine that vice, since «thè castle... | |
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