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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 and my melancholy, As he is very potent with such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Hamlet at II, ii) Nay then, let the devil wear black, for I'll have a suit of sables. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Hamlet at III, ii) He will give the devil his due. - William Shakespeare, King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Prince Henry at I, ii) The prince of darkness is a gentleman. Modo he's called, and Mahu. - William Shakespeare, King Lear (Edgar at III, iv) Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. - William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Syracuse at IV, iii) I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man, To yield possession to my holy prayers, And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight. I conjure thee by all the saints in heaven. - William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors (Pinch at IV, iv) Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew. - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Solanio at III, i) BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no long spoon. - William Shakespeare, The Tempest (Stephano at II, ii) What, man, defy the devil? Consider, he's an enemy to mankind. - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Toby at III, iv) The Satanic school. - Robert Southey, Vision of Judgment (original preface, III) From his brimstone bed, at break of day, A-walking the Devil is gone, To look at his little snug farm of the world, And see how his stock went on. - Robert Southey and Samuel T. Coleridge, The Devil's Walk (st. 1) Go, poor devil, get thee gone; why should I hurt thee? This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. - Laurence Sterne The prince of darkness is a gentleman. - Sir John Suckling Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth. - Tennessee Williams The devil made me do it. - Flip Wilson The bane of all that dread the Devil! - William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy (st. 67) Displaying page 3 of 3 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 [3]
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