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... Notes and Queries - Page 3411864Full view - About this book
| Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 344 lehte
...seen, . May be a 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." * Among other horrible projects attributed to malignant spectres, were those of weakening the bodies,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 lehte
...seen, May be a 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 grounds More relative than this : The play's the thing. Wherein I'll catch the conscience... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 486 lehte
...seen, May be a 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 grounds More relative than this ; the play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 lehte
...assume a pleasing shape ; yea, and, perhaps, • Detraction. f Unnatural. J Search his wounds. Out of my weakness, and my melancholy (As he is 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'll catch the conscience... | |
| Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 lehte
...seen, May be a 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." * Among other horrible projects attributed to malignant spectres, were those of weakening the bodies,... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 lehte
...have seen, May be a 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 'l1 have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience... | |
| 1824 - 706 lehte
...have seen May be a devil, and the devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness, and my melancholy, As he is very potent with tacit spirits, Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this. In the celebrated soliloquy,... | |
| Samuel Hibbert - 1825 - 500 lehte
...seen May be a 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." Accordingly the regular plot of the drama turns upon the test to which the veracity of the apparition... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 lehte
...seen, May he a 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 grounds More relative than this : The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience... | |
| George Farren (resident director of the Asylum life office.) - 1826 - 126 lehte
...have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power T 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 grounds More relative than this. Hamlet, in the first act, describes—all the uses of this... | |
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