| William Lovett - 1853 - 496 páginas
...instant decision ; a second look is dangerous. The wise lines of Pope cannot be quoted too often: — " Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." Familiarity with evil, the familiarity of contact or intimate knowledge,... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 páginas
...mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. Cowper. VICE. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated,...too oft, familiar with her face; We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Pope. VIRTUE. The means immutabte of happiness, Or in the vale of life, or... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 páginas
...white ? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 215 'Tis to mistake them, cost the time and pain. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. 220 But where the extreme of vice, was ne'er agreed: Ask where 's the north?... | |
| William Herbert - 1853 - 234 páginas
...good : And, spite of pride in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, " WHATEVER is, is RIGHT." Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated,...too oft, familiar with her face, \ We first endure, they pity, then embrace. Virtuous and vicious ev'ry man must be; • Few in the extreme, but all in... | |
| 1980 - 236 páginas
...more fruit" (Jno. 15:1-2). God forbid that we shall receive His grace in vain (II Cor. 6:1-2). EVIL Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft. familiar with her face. We, first endure, then pity, then embrace. — Pope. Essay on Man. Ev'ry Sin Must Have a Reaping Every sin must have... | |
| Louis J. Kern - 1981 - 450 páginas
...Behind Me, Satan": Contemporary Critical Perspectives on the Shakers, Mormons, and Oneida Community Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated,...embrace. But where the extreme of vice, was ne'er agreed: No creature owns it in the first degree, But thinks his neighbour farther gone than he. — Alexander... | |
| 1982 - 348 páginas
...it they affix Such signs to Safety Bulletins As --"Booze and Work Don't Mix." Florence M. Stellwagen Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. This is the debt I pay Just for one riotous day , - Years of regret and grief,... | |
| Richard John Neuhaus - 1986 - 300 páginas
...utterly abhorrent. In light of today's widespread tolerance of both, the words of Pope are pertinent: Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. The monstrous becomes habitual, and we cannot afford but to be on friendly... | |
| Linda Simon - 1991 - 452 páginas
...break: she could not bear a rival. And Pope's lines, which he had used in "The Sea Change," made sense : Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.37 Alice, for her part, neither forgot nor forgave. She followed his career... | |
| Stephen R. Covey - 1992 - 340 páginas
...influence. To emphasize my point, I even shared Alexander Pope's well-known statement concerning vice: Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Our discussion ended with a decision to try to limit ourselves to about one... | |
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