 | 1803
...promontory," etc. And, indeed, he expressly delineates his own character as of the kind above mentioned, when, hesitating on the evidence of his uncle's villany,...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, " Abuses me... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1808
...earth, seems to me a sterile promontory," &c. And, indeed, he expressly delineates his own character as of the kind above-mentioned, when, hesitating on the evidence of his uncle's villainy, he says, " The spirit that I have seen May be the Devil, and the Devil hath power T' assume... | |
 | William Richardson - 1812 - 448 pages
...mine uncle. 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 the 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817
...with admirable self-consciousness, the vacillation of his will, and the tendency of his temper : — " The spirit that I have seen May be the Devil, and the Devil hath power T5 assume a pleasing shape ; yea, and perhaps, Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — Abuses me... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 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 is very... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 494 pages
...earth, seems to me a sterile promontory,' &c. And, indeed, he expressly delineates his own character as of the kind above-mentioned, when, hesitating on the evidence of his uncle's. villainy, he says, The spirit that I have seen May be the devil, and the devil hath power T' assume... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843
...uncle : 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 is very... | |
 | John Mason Neale - 1847 - 216 pages
...even if I had been persuaded of the truth of the narrator. I should have thought, as Hamlet did, " 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 is very... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851
...unele : I 1l observe his looks ; I 'll tent him to the quiek ; if he but bleneh, I know my eourse. 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 melaneholy, (As he is very... | |
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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 is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative... 
