 | John Galt - 1842 - 350 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 sigb'd, farewell. It will be allowed that, in this portrait, some of the darker features and harsher... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...badge of office. 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. ТHЕ CORSAIE, Canto HE ling or white fishery is the principal employment of the natives of Zetland,... | |
 | Theology - 1845 - 840 pages
...convulses us, but touches none of the soothing strings in our composition. His wit is never playful and — Where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled and Mercy sighed farewell. He not only kills his victims but, as the Levite did, in the Bible, he cuts the carcass... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Church history - 1846 - 818 pages
...searching eye ; There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That rats' d emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and mercy sigh'd farewell!" Nevertheless, that pirate chief — man of loneliness and mystery — scarce seen to smile, and seldom... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...chiefs to-day. There was a laughing devil in his sneer» That raised emotions both of rage and fear , r. But thou, false infidel ! shall writhe Beneath avenging Monkir's " scythe; And f farewell1 X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — Ч was there iho spirit... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1846 - 774 pages
...CHAPTER XXl. , "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." THE CORSAlR. FROM this day forward Henry's manner and conduct lost that degree of... | |
 | Georgiana Fullerton - English fiction - 1846 - 380 pages
...CHAPTER XXI. "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." THK CORSAIR. FROM this day forward Henry's manner and conduct lost that degree of... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...BYRON'S Corsair. 8. There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That caus'd emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell ! BYRON'S Corsair. 9. There is no passion More spectral or fantastical than Hate ; Not even its opp'site,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...BYRON'S Corsair. 8. There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That caus'd emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell ! BYRON'S Corsair. 9. There is no passion More spectral or fantastical than Hate ; Not even its opp'site,... | |
 | English fiction - 1847 - 304 pages
...Pandolfina. CHAPTER II. 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. BYRON. AFTER his interview with the countess, Della Bardia set out for Santa Caterina,... | |
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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! 
