...gaze would seek At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some secret thought, than drag that chief's to day There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear...

...changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some secret thought, than drag that chief's to-day There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear...

...changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy. And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest ed ! Bpire, vaults, the shrine, the spoil, the slain, The turban'd chief« to day. There was a laughing IK-VU in his sneer. That raised emotions both of rage and fear;...

...feared not God should be afraid of him." Also Byron might have applied to himself his own couplet, '• There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear." Sneers that woke duels. I am no satirist ; I never could read the Dunciad. Byron's satirical honey...

...changing check, At once the observer's purpose to espy. And on himself roll back his scrutiny. Lest And subtler venom of the reptile crew. The Janus glance chief's to There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And...

...watch his changing At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest ps not, now And but for There was a laughing Devil in his sneer. That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his...

...wrath." One of Byron's best known figures in fiction is duly provided for out of the same armoury : " There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear." Self-portrayed, the poet, in this as in other salient points of the same painting. Avowedly he could,...

...attendants. — See De Catuit CoiUempUea Danii adhuc gentilibut Mortit, lib. iii. cap. 4. CHAPTER Them was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear j And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled—and Mercy sigh'd farewell. THE CORSAIR,...

...to insult her misery with such cruel irony. But few could fathom the remorseless ferocity of Alva : There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of ruge and fear, And, when his frown of hatred darkly fell. Hope withering fled and Mercy sighed farewell....

...is strongly marked, and forcibly brings to mind the lines of Byron when describing his Corsair — There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of hate and fear ; And where his glance of " apprehension " fell, Hope withering fled, and mercy sighed,...