 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 works of ... lord Byron - Page 22by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 610 pages
...baek his serutiny, Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some seeret thought, than drag that ehief's to day. There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of ragd and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Merey sigh'd... | |
 | James H. Curry - American fiction - 1881 - 384 pages
...the old darkey's words had gone like sure arrows to the mark. CHAPTER XV. AN EVIL, GENIUS AT WORK. " There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of hate and fear ; And where his glance of apprehension fell, Hope, withering, fled, and mercy sighed,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American literature - 1881 - 1078 pages
...strongly marked, and forcibly brings to mind the lines of Byron when describing his Corsair : — • There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of hate and fear; And where his glance of "apprehension" fell, Hope withering fled, and mercy sighed,... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1881 - 348 pages
...can make men better, whereas by contempt we only make them worse. Byron says of the Corsair, — " There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of hate and fear. " Sneering only excites what is bad in men. If you want to raise or teach them, you... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. j. In the Feuds Between Handel and Bononcini. Pt. I. Bk. I. Ch. VL CHUKCHILL. Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air. s. Goth k. The Corsair. Canto I. St. 8. When Bishop Berkeley said, " there was no matter," And proved it —... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. j, In the i'emls Betteten Handel awl Bononcini. There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and tear. /.. The Corsair. Canto L St. 8. When Bishop Berkeley said, " there was no matter," And proved... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English drama - 1883 - 1162 pages
...\yould seek To probe his heart and watch his changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest he to...should betray Some secret thought, than drag that chief's to-day. There was a laugjiing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear;... | |
 | Edwin Brown Graham - 1883 - 366 pages
...free men and never for Freemasons. Yours truly, WAKREN GBOVXB. NR DOVEK. CHAPTER XVIII. A MYSTEJIY. " There •was a laughing devil in his sneer. That raised emotions both of rage and fear." — Byron. WALTER did not wait long for a few patients at least. Mr. Hulman had been ashamed to tell... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 260 pages
...gaze would seek Toprobehisheart and watch his changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Somesecret thought, thandrag that chiefs to day. There was a laughing Uevil in his sneer, That raised... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - Good and evil - 1885 - 352 pages
...can make men better, whereas by contempt we only make them worse. Byron says of the Corsair, — " There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of hate and fear." Sneering only excites what is bad in men. If you want to raise or teach them, you must... | |
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