 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 pages
...chiefs to day. 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 ! .X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 't was there the spirit wrought!... | |
 | George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 pages
...chief's to day. 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 sighed farewell ! Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 'twas there the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1826 - 466 pages
...chief's to day. There was a langhing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotious both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sigh'd farewell ! X. Slight are the outward sigus of evil thonght, Within — within — 'twas there the spirit wronght!... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1826 - 290 pages
.....•*CHAPTER IX. 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 CORSAIR, Canto I. THE ling or white fishery is the principal employment of the natives of Zetland,... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...chief's to day. There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; ap a white cape on their mantle* blue, And the sen dashes round the promontory, And the lou ! Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within— 'twas there the spirit wrought... | |
 | Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin - Crime - 1828 - 416 pages
...searching eye. ' There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That roused emotions both of rage and faar ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled— and Mercy sigh'd farewell.' Such was the man who might hare done honour to a better cause, had fortune afforded him the opportunity.... | |
 | John Galt - 1830 - 348 pages
...chief 's to day. 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. It will be allowed that, in this portrait, some of the darker features and harsher lineaments of Byron... | |
 | John Hobart Caunter - 1830 - 254 pages
...in his eye. " 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." Corsair. CANIO iv.) NOTES. 231 NOTE 4. STANZA XIII. There is in joy a frequent gush of pain. For sorrow... | |
 | Silas Pinckney Holbrook - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 324 pages
...his mercy. ' 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 bid farewell.' , Perhaps you can fancy the high relish with which the populace smashed such busts upon... | |
 | Silas Pinckney Holbrook - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 396 pages
...mercy. ' There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear, Anil where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope, withering fled, and mercy bid farewell.' Perhaps you can fancy the high relish with which the populace smashed such busts upon... | |
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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! 
