 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 T' assume a pleasing shape ; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, As he is very potent with such...  The Southern Review - Page 302edited by - 1870Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...murder of my father, Before 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 a devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape ; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 244 pages
...ter as of the kind abovementioned, when, hesitating on the evidence of his uncle's villany, he says, The spirit that I have seen May be the Devil, and the Devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape; yea, and. perhaps, Oui of my "Weakness and my rnelacichofy, Abuses me to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 260 pages
...character as of the kind abovementioned, when, hesitating on the evidence of his uncle's villany, he says, The spirit that I have seen May be the Devil, and the Devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps 1 Oat of my weakness and my melancholy, Abuses me to damn... | |
 | 1803 - 354 pages
...as of the kind above mentioned, when, hesitating on the evidence of his uncle's villany, he says, " 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 my weakness and my melancholy, " Abuses me... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...father, Before mine uncle : I'll observe his looks ;] I'll tent him' to the quick ; if he do blench,8 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...murder of my father, Before 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 a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...father, Before mine uncle : I'll observe his looks ; I'll tent him5 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 shape ; yea, and, .perhaps, Out of my weakness,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...father, Before mine uncle : I'll observe his looks ; I'll tent him5 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 shape ; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness,... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 448 pages
...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 a pleasing shape ; yea, and perhaps, Out of my weakness and my melancholy, Abuses me to damn... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 434 pages
...uncle's villainy, he says, " 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 my weakness and my melancholy, Abuses me to damn me." This doubt of the grounds on which our purpose is founded, is as often the effect,... | |
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