 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...sceptical disposition subsequently betrays him into unreasonable doubts, he pauses on the reflection, " The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil : and...potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me." * Among other horrible projects attributed to malignant spectres, were those of weakening the bodies,... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 344 pages
...sceptical disposition subsequently betrays him into unreasonable doubts, he pauses on the reflection, " The spirit, that I have seen, . May be a devil : and...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 - 944 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...the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the kinc. [licit. ACT III. SCEXE I.— A Kam In the Castle. Enttr KING, QUEEN, POLONIPI, OPHELIA, Но»я»д«тх,... | |
 | Samuel Hibbert - Apparitions - 1825 - 500 pages
...or the result of some diabolical art operating through the medium of his fantasie or imagination — The spirit that I have seen May be a devil ; and the...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 - 1826 - 540 pages
...father, Before mine uncle; I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him 78 to the quick; if he do blench 79 , I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May...Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative 80 than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. 76 It seems... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...father, Before mine uncle ; I'll observe his looks ; I'll tent him78 to the quick; if he do blench79, I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May...spirits), Abuses me to damn me : I'll have grounds More relative80 than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. 76... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 556 pages
...father, Before mine uncle; I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him78 to the quick; if he do blench79, I know my course. The spirit, that I have seen, May...spirits), Abuses me to damn me : I'll have grounds More relative80 than this : The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...looks; I'll tent him to the quick; if he do blench, 1 know my course. The spirit I have seen, JVIay be a devil : and the devil hath power To assume a...thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. ACT IIL We are oft to blame in this. 'Tis too much prov'd, — that, with devotion's visage, And pious... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...tent him to the quick; if he do blench, • I know my course. The spirit I have seen, May be a^vil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape;...thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. ACT III. . HYPOCRISY. We are oft to blame in this. j. 'Tis too much prov'd, — that, with devotion's... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - Ireland - 1827 - 394 pages
...prince, in a situation of equal perplexity, might have mingled itself with this undefined purpose: — " The spirit that I have seen May be a devil ; and the...I'll have grounds More relative than this — '" The sudden "Who's there?" that struck his ear as he stirred the door-handle, showed him that the old man... | |
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