 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
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1819 - 502 pages
...my father, Before mine uncle: I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick; if he but blench,0 I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May...damn me : I'll have grounds More relative than this : d The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. * kimUess] Unnatural. See... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...tent him 5 to the- quick ; if he do blench c, 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. \Exit. ACT III. SCENE I. A Room in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 560 pages
...tent him b to the quick ; if he do blench 6, I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...damn me : I'll have grounds More relative than this 7 : The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. \Exit. ACT III. SCENE I. A... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 556 pages
...misgivings and the words of Hamlet recurred to me — The spirit that I have seen, May be a deril, and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape;...very potent with such spirits), Abuses me to damn me. were the words by which mine ear was startled, "that to be the eldest son of an eldest son, the accident... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...tent him 5 to the quick; if he do blench,6 I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...damn me : I'll have grounds More relative than this 7 : The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. ACT III. SCENE I.—... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...ru t him: to the quick; if be 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. ACT III. SCENE I. A Room in the Castle.... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 486 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...: I'll have grounds More relative than this ; the play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I. A Theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...tent him* to the quick; if he do blenclr|-, I know my course. 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: I 'l1 have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...him into unreasonable doubts, he pauses on the reflection, " 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." * Among other horrible projects attributed to malignant spectres, were those of weakening the bodies,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 pages
...lent him to the quick ;t if he do lilench, $ I know my course. The spirit that I have seen, May he 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 kinc. [licit. ACT III. SCEXE I.— A Kam... | |
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