 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
 | Mark Balnaves, Peter Caputi - Mathematics - 2001 - 276 pages
...1'll test him to the quick: 1f he but blench, 1 know my course. The spirit that l 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: 1'll have grounds More relative than this: - the play's the thing Wherein 1'll catch the conscience... | |
 | Jan H. Blits - Drama - 2001 - 420 pages
...may have tricked him: 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 weakness...damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this. (2.2.594-600) Hamlet, no longer willing to dare damnation (cf. 1.2.244-46; 1.4.39-44; 1.5.92-93), thinks... | |
 | Martin McQuillan - Philosophy - 2001 - 630 pages
...damnation. 'The spirit that I have seen', he reflects, May be a 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. (2.2,594-600) An analysis of the play as a record Hamlet's quest for the grounds on which to base an... | |
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