 I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench, I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he...  The Stratford Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight - Page 44by William Shakespeare - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Hibbert - 1825 - 514 pages
...operating through the medium of his fantasie or imagination — The spirit that I have seen May be a devil ; and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me." Accordingly the regular plot of the drama turns upon the test to which the veracity of the apparition... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...him 78 to the quick; if he do blench 79 , I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative 80 than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. 76 It seems... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 642 pages
...tent him78 to the quick; if he do blench79, I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...spirits), Abuses me to damn me : I'll have grounds More relative80 than this: The play's the thing, "Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...tent him78 to the quick; if he do blench79, I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...spirits), Abuses me to damn me : I'll have grounds More relative80 than this : The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit.... | |
 | George Farren - 1826 - 128 pages
...and timidly debates — The spirit that I have seen May be the devil ; and the devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps, Out of...damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this. Hamlet, in the first act, describes — all the uses of this world as " stale, flat, and unprofitable... | |
 | George Farren (resident director of the Asylum life office.) - 1826 - 126 pages
...waver and timidly debates— The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power T assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps, Out of...damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this. Hamlet, in the first act, describes—all the uses of this world as ". stale, flat, and unprofitable;... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1827 - 394 pages
...perplexity, might have mingled itself with this undefined purpose: — " The spirit that I have seen May be a devil ; and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...I'll have grounds More relative than this — '" The sudden "Who's there?" that struck his ear as he stirred the door-handle, showed him that the old man... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...tent him to the quick; if he do blench, • I know my course. The spirit I have seen, May be a^vil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape;...me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. ACT III. . HYPOCRISY. We are oft to... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...tent him" to the quick ; if he do blench.i I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...: I'll have grounds More relative' than this : The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Erif . • kindlat — ] Unnatural,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...tent himp to the quick ; if he do blench,' I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...Abuses me to damn me : I'll have grounds More relative r than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. " kindleti—]... | |
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