 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
 | Scott J. Hammond, Kevin R. Hardwick, Howard Leslie Lubert - History - 2007 - 1236 pages
...Pope as applicable to vice in politics, as to vice in ethicsVice is a monster of so horrid mien, As to line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake M then pity, then embrace. 14. "Opinion is of two kinds, viz., opinion of INTEREST, and opinion of RIGHT.... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 2007 - 254 pages
...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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