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" his family were infamous; in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, he was transformed into '• a monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen." But a writ of such questionable propriety was seldom used, and has long ceased even... "
De Bow's Review and Industrial Resources, Statistics, Etc: Devoted to ... - Page 393
edited by - 1855
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Compilation of All the Authorized and Anonymous Papers,: Relating to the ...

John Monk (of Chester, England.) - Elections - 1810 - 118 pages
...proper colour" Here I couless he is at home, it is a subjeft suited to his capacity, for " Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That, to be hated, needs but to be seen ;" and being so well versed himself both in the theory and practice, and having such an ample...
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The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George ..., Volume 3

Poets, English - 1825 - 450 pages
...the most effectual check to vice; and of that opinion was Pope when he said :— " Vice is an object of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen." Once for all,—we positively deny that Lord Byron's works are more immoral than many of those...
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The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George ..., Volume 3

Poets, English - 1825 - 464 pages
...the most effectual check to vice ; and of that opinion was Pope when he said :— " Vice is an object of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen." Once for all,—we positively deny that Lord Byron's works are more immoral than many of those...
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The life, writings, opinions, and times of ... lord Byron, by an ..., Volume 3

1825 - 450 pages
...the most effectual check to vice; and of that opinion was Pope when he said :— " Vice is an object of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen." , Once for all,—we positively deny that Lord Byron's works are more immoral than many of those...
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The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George ..., Volume 3

Poets, English - 1825 - 454 pages
...the most effectual check to vice ; and of that opinion was Pope when he said :— " Vice is an object of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen." Once for all,—we positively deny that Lord Byron's works are more immoral than many of those...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and ..., Volume 5

Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1832 - 358 pages
...sarcastically observed, that the town, respecting the first work, thought with the poet,— " Vice is a monster of such hideous mien That to be hated needs but to be seen,"— and came in crowds to look and loathe, and walk home wiser and amended: but, with regard...
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The Spirit of the Pilgrims, Volume 3

Congregational churches - 1830 - 690 pages
...reality, though we might previously have regarded it with abhoirence. " Vice is a creature of euch hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen ; But seen too on, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." It is, therefore, at...
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The Herald of Peace, Volume 8

Peace - 1831 - 546 pages
...Christianity, all conspire to raise the human mind far above the degraded and abject slavery of war. " War ¡sa monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen." And were it not for the tinsel with which it is adorned,—the false halo with which it is encircled,—it...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and ..., Volume 5

Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1832 - 334 pages
...sarcastically observed, that the town, respecting the first work, thought with the po( >et,— 41 Vice is a monster of such hideous mien That to be hated needs but to be seen,"— and came in crowds to look and loathe, and walk home wiser and amended: but, with regard...
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Byroniana, the opinions of lord Byron on men, manners and things: with the ...

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1834 - 188 pages
...judge by experience, invariably produce disgust; as I believe, with my favourite poet, that "Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That, to be hated, needs but to be seen." But he who has known it can never truly describe woman as she ought to be described; and, therefore, a...
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