 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 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...  The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 63by William Shakespeare - 1804Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 488 pages
...guilty creatures sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soiu, that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions...SCENE I.— A Room in the Castle. Enter KING, QUEEN, POLONTOS, OPHELIA, ROSENCKANTZ, anil GulLDENSTEHN. King. And can you, by no drift of conference Get... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 pages
...malefactions ; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. I'll have these Play something like the murder of my father, Before...thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. HAMLET, A, 2, S. 2. ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS. POBTIA. Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 730 pages
...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...of the king. [Exit. ACT III. SCENE I. A room in the cattle. Enter King, Queen, POLONIUS, OPHELIA, KOSENCRANTZ, and GUILDENSTERN. King. And can you, by... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 630 pages
...organ. I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle : I '11 observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick; if...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 - 1857 - 734 pages
...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...Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. [Exit. VOL. V. LL ACT III. SCENE I. A room in the castle. Enter King, Queen, POLONIUS, OPHELIA, KOSENCRANTZ,... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - Ireland - 1857 - 414 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...me: 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... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...tent him to the quick 5 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...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... | |
 | H. O. Apthorp - Elocution - 1858 - 312 pages
...looks; 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...thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. SHAKSPEARE. GARDEN SCENE FROM ROMEO AND JULIET. Enter ROMEO. ROMEO. He jests at scars, that never felt... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 pages
...512. 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...conscience of the king. [Exit. ACT III. SCENE I. A Boom in the Castle. Enter King, Queen, POLONIXJS, OPHELIA, ROSENCRANTZ, and GlULDENSTERN. King. And... | |
 | Larry D. Bouchard - Religion - 1989 - 300 pages
...hand that struck me was none but my own. — Oedipus the King1 The spirit that I have seen May be the Devil, and the Devil hath power To assume a pleasing...very potent with such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. —Hamlet, 11.2* The literary theme of this book may be stated in a single clause: tragedy is a method... | |
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