 | 1865 - 820 pages
...be a coinage of the brain, " a • subjective bodiless creation, which ecstacy is very cunning in." "The spirit that I have seen May be a devil ; and...very potent with such spirits) Abuses me to damn me." It is with deliberation, therefore, that he seeks for a means of testing his condition, and with eagerness... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 364 pages
...spirit that I have seen May be a devil ; and the devil hath power 1 Unnatural. 7 Search his wound*. To assume a pleasing shape ; yea, and, perhaps, Out...very potent with such spirits) Abuses me to damn me. I '11 have grounds More relative than this : the play 's the thing. Wherein I '11 catch the conscience... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
..., I know my course. 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...very potent with such spirits , Abuses me to damn me. I 'll have grounds More relative than this : the play 's the thing. Wherein I 'II catch the conscience... | |
 | James Martineau - 1845 - 214 pages
...of her most unprejudiced and distinguished favourites. Hear it then in the following lines : — ' The spirit that I have seen May be a devil, and the...very potent with such spirits) Abuses me to damn me. fll have grounds More relative than this? The greatest interpreter of nature has given us here, her... | |
 | James Martineau - 1845 - 188 pages
...distinguished favourites. Hear it then in the following lines;— ' The spirit that I have seen Hay be a devil, and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...very potent with such spirits) Abuses me to damn me. I'tt have grounds More retative than this.' The greatest interpreter of nature has given us here, her... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...fa'ther Before my un'cle. I'll observe his lo'oks : Ill ten't-him/ to the quick. If he do blen'ch, I know my cou'rse. The spirit/ that I have se'en May...d"evil/ hath po'wer/ To assu'me a pleasing sh'ape. — Ill have the grounds More relative than th'is. The Pla'y ; the plaAy's the thi'ng Wherei'n/ Ill... | |
 | Laman Blanchard - 1846 - 438 pages
...wanting to the wonderful truth of the poet's conception than to make the victim confess his own weakness. The spirit that I have seen May be a devil, and the...weakness and my melancholy, As he is very potent with suck spirits, Abuses me to damn me. For Burton says, "Agrippa and Lavater are persuaded that this humour... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 554 pages
...father, Before mine uncle : I'll observe his looks ; I'll tent him * to the quick ; if he do blench ', I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May...Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit, ACT III. SCENE I.— A Room in the Castle. Enter King, Queen, POLONIUS, OPHELIA, ROSENCBANTZ, and GUILDENSTEBN.... | |
 | John Mason Neale - 1847 - 232 pages
...truth of the narrator. I should have thought, as Hamlet did, " The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...father, Before mine uncle ; I'll observe his looks ; I'll tent him 4 to the quick; if he do blench, 5 I know my course. The spirit that I have seen, •...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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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 is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have... 
