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" 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 44
by William Shakespeare - 1856
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The Unseen World: Communications with It, Real Or Imaginary, Including ...

John Mason Neale - 1847 - 232 pages
...even if I had been persuaded of the truth of the narrator. I should have thought, as Hamlet did, " The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and...potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me." And I remember that Lavater tells a story, which would lead to the same conclusion. A friend of his,...
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...him 4 to the quick; if he do blench, 5 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 6 than this. The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. 1 The firet...
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An Inquiry Into the Philosophy and Religion of Shakspere

William John Birch - 1848 - 570 pages
...miraculous organ. * » » » 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. He is uncertain whether the supernatural proceeds from heaven or hell, from God or the devil ; doubts...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 1; Volume 7

1848 - 722 pages
...these gifts forever mine ! 121 HAMLET. COBTISUED FROM PAGE 99. "Тик spirit 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." Thus the hope that the ghost's tale may be false, and the fear that it may be true, unite to send him...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 1; Volume 7

1848 - 734 pages
...mine ! 1843. Hamlet. 121 HAMLET. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 99. " THE spirit I have seen May be a devil ; anu the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape, yea,...potent with such spirits,) Abuses me, to damn me." Thus the hope that the ghost's tale may be false, and the fear that it may be true, unite to send him...
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Notes and Lectures Upon Shakespeare and Some of the Old Poets and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 400 pages
...truth of the idea of Hamlet which I have before put forth. Ib. The spirit that I have seen, May be a devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...very potent with such spirits) Abuses me to damn me. See Sir Thomas Brown : I believe that those apparitions and ghosts of departed persons are not the...
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...looks; I'll tent him to the quick; if he do blench, I know my course. The spirit I have seen, May be a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...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 blame...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 pages
...I'll tent him 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...me. I'll have grounds More relative than this. The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. ACT III. SCENE I. A Room in...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: King Lear. Romeo and Juliet ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 532 pages
...tent him 4 to the quick ; if he do blench,5 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 6 than this. The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. 1 The first...
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The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 602 pages
...tent him 4 to the quick ; if he do blench,5 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 6 than this. The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. 1 The first...
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