 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...  The British Essayists: The Lounger - Page 156by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1802 - 244 pages
...earth, seems to me ' a sterile promontory,' &c. And, indeed, he expressly delineates his own charac. ter as of the kind abovementioned, when, hesitating on...power T' assume a pleasing shape; yea, and. perhaps, Oui of my "Weakness and my rnelacichofy, Abuses me to damn me." This douht of the grounds on which... | |
 | 1803 - 354 pages
...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 - 448 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Richardson - 1812 - 468 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... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 350 pages
...uncle. I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick ; if he but blench, I know my course. This spirit that I have Seen, May be the devil ; and the...power T* 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.... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...uncle, fll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick ; if he but blench, . I know my course. This spirit that I have seen, May be the devil ; and the...power T' 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.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pages
...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 358 pages
...feelings to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, -which is evidently spoken in earnest, though somewhat co\jered with the mist of his affected distraction, is exactly...power T* assume a pleasing shape ; yea, and perhaps, Out of my weakness and my melanclioly, Abuses me to damn me.' This doubt of the grounds on which our... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 502 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... | |
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