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. English Poetry - Page 4251910 - 1508 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 234 pages
...a Whore! who ftarts not at the name, In all the Inns cf Court or Drury-lana 1 39 ESSAYONMAN. Er.II. But where th' Extreme of Vice, was ne'er agreed :...Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zernble, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the firft degree, 225 But thinks his neighbour... | |
| Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1772 - 374 pages
...be feen ; Yet feen too oft , familiar with her face , "We firft endure, then pity, then embrace. 220 But where th" Extreme of Vice , was ne'er agreed :...Orcades ; and there , At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lnrd knows where. No creature o.vns it in the firft degree , 229 But thinks his neighbour rarther gone... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 3i'5 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain. V. 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. 210 But where the extremes of vice was ne'er agreed : Ask Where's the north... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...In. It was a warrior on his horse and In his armour. " Conscience; a sublime expression ot Plato's. Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice. Fools !...We first endure, then pity, then embrace. But where the extreme of vice, was ne'er agreed: Ask where's the north ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...and pain. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Tet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then...vice, was ne'er agreed: Ask where's the north? at York,'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...tone ef voice than the same slide in the last line of the couplet. is a monster of so frightful As .to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar...We first endure, then pity, then embrace. But where the extreme of vice was ne'er agreed; Ask where's the North, at York 'tis on the Tweed : No creature... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 215 "Pis to mistake them costs the time and pain. V. 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. 220 But where th' extreme of vice was ne'er agreed : Ask where's the North... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...other's bounds invade, As, in some well-wrought picture, light and shade, And oft so mix, the dirTrence is too nice Where ends the Virtue, or begins the Vice....embrace. But where th' extreme of vice, was ne'er agreed r Ask where's the North ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed {. In Scotland at the Orcades ; and there At Greenland,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...white ? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ;. Tis to mistake them costs the time and pain. 5. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated...We first endure, then pity, then embrace. But where the' extreme of vice was ne'er agreed : Ask where's the north ?— at York 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...to he seen; ^<t seen too oft, familiar with her face, We ilrst e:idure, then pity, then emhrace. 220 But where th' extreme of vice was ne'er agreed: Ask...Scotland at the Orcades ; and there At Greenland, Zemhla, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the first degree, 225 But thinks his neighhour... | |
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