 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 and my melancholy, (As he...  The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 63by William Shakespeare - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Crosby - Book collectors - 1986 - 368 pages
...that an Actor is said to have made in Hamlet; as follows:— "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...As he is very potent with such spirits, Abuses me too—dammel" 5 "The devil," that time, was too "potent" for him; and the mental association of his... | |
 | John Wray Young - Acting - 1967 - 180 pages
...il 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...very potent with such spirits, Abuses me to damn me; Tll have grounds More relative than this—the play's the thing Wherein Tll catch the conscience of... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...spirit that I have seen May be a devil, and the devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape — yeah, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy As...thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. (71) Act III, Scene 2: This speech, as well known as any in all dramatic literature, is often treated,... | |
 | Robert E. Wood - Drama - 1994 - 188 pages
...prove nothing in Elsinore.5 The spirit that I have seen May be a dev'l, and the dev'l hath power T* assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps, Out of...thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. (II.ii.598-605) The ghost cannot be scrutinized. His words can be verified only by examining their... | |
 | Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 pages
...do blench, I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be a devil, and the devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps Out of my...grounds More relative than this. The play's the thing (HORATIO gestures for entrances. Enter KING, QUEEN, POLONIUS, OPHELIA, ROSENCRANTZ, and GUILDENSTERN.)... | |
 | Pasquale Memmolo - European drama - 1995 - 364 pages
...Zweifel ist ihm verdeckender Schutz und Erkenntnisinstrument: "The spirit that I have seen // May be the devil: and the devil hath power // To assume a pleasing...// Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." (n,l). des vom Affekt erfaßten Bassian schließen und über das eigene weitere Vorgehen beschließen.177... | |
 | Drama - 1996 - 264 pages
...HAMLET (continuing) 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...damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this. He sinks behind the theatre so that his face is level with the stage. Yes! That's it. HAMLET (continuing)... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Denmark - 1996 - 132 pages
...blench, I know my course. The spirit that I have seen 555 May be a devil, and the devil hath power T assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps Out of my...such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds H0 More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. Exit.... | |
 | Michael Schulman, Eva Mekler - Drama - 1998 - 370 pages
...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...Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. (Exit.) KIMG HEMRY IV— PART I 0y William onaKespeape ACT I, SCEME 3 Henry Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland... | |
 | James M. Welsh, John C. Tibbetts, Professor John C Tibbetts - Performing Arts - 1999 - 320 pages
...proof that he hesitates to act on the evidence of the ghost itself: The spirit I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing...thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. (H.ii) Yet he will trust the dubious evidence of Claudius' inevitably ambiguous reaction to the play?... | |
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