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" There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell! "
The Corsair - Page 11
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 55 pages
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Romantic Writings

Stephen Bygrave - 1996 - 364 pages
...changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, 220 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;...
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Selected Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...changing cheek. At once the observer's purpose to espy, 220 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;...
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Looking for a Hero

Patti Berg - 2009 - 388 pages
...the dark. Night had crept in far too fast. And someone—a stranger—was on the island. Chapter 3 'There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and lear... LORD BYRON, THE CORSAIR. CANTO I The dizziness had gone, but Black Heart woke from a deep,...
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Byron and Romanticism

Jerome McGann - 2002 - 332 pages
...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. (The Corsair, \, 207-222) The inscrutable appearance of Conrad is a mirror in which...
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Configuring Romanticism: Essays Offered to C.C. Barfoot

Theo d'. Haen, Theo d' Haen, P. Th. M. G. Liebregts, Wim Tigges, Colin J. Ewen - 2003 - 324 pages
...that torch again, will you? this pipe don't draw. (162-163) Silver, of whom it could well be said that "There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, / That raised emotions both ot rage and fear",10 proceeds to defend himself on four points of accusation, and then, like a true...
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The Gigantic Book of Pirate Stories

Stephen Brennan - 2007 - 808 pages
...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;...
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The Port Folio

1814 - 650 pages
...ehanging cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll bsck 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 hoth of rage and fear;...
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