 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
 | Martin McQuillan - 2001 - 630 lehte
...reflects, 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 such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this. (2.2,594-600) An analysis of the play as a record Hamlet's... | |
 | Jan H. Blits - 2001 - 420 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 such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this. (2.2.594-600) Hamlet, no longer willing to dare damnation... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2001 - 490 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. See Sir Thomas Brown : — I believe that those apparitions and ghosts of departed persons are not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 304 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. The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 212 lehte
...seen May be a devil, and the devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps 540 Out of my weakness and my melancholy, As he is very potent with such spirits, 542 Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds 543 More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 340 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 such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. l'll have grounds More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein I' 1l catch the conscience... | |
 | John O. Whitney, Tina Packer - 2002 - 321 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 such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. HAMLET (2.2, 600-605) The revenge strategy that was so clear earlier is now in doubt. Could Hamlet... | |
 | J. Philip Newell - 2003 - 148 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 such spirits, Abuses me to damn me: 111 have grounds More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein 111 catch the conscience of... | |
 | Hilaire Kallendorf - 2003 - 366 lehte
...seen May be a [dev'l], and the [dev'l] 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 ...l88 The theme of performativity or role playing as employed in Hamlet has been emphasized by many... | |
 | Helen Parish, William G. Naphy - 2002 - 258 lehte
...reflected in contemporary theories of suicide, as well as in Hamlet's poignant concern that the devil 'out of my weakness and my melancholy - as he is very potent with such spirits - abuses me to damn me'.67 The locus dassicus of early modern treatments of melancholia, Robert Burton's The Anatomy of... | |
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