 There breathe but few whose aspect might defy The full encounter of his searching eye: He had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his...  The Rhode-Island Literary Repository - Page 2111814Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Jerome McGann - 2002 - 332 pages
...whose aspect might defy The full encounter of his searching eye: He had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing...Some secret thought, than drag that chief's to day. (The Corsair, \, 207-222) The inscrutable appearance of Conrad is a mirror in which the observer sees... | |
 | Theo d'. Haen, Theo d' Haen, P. Th. M. G. Liebregts, Wim Tigges, Colin J. Ewen - 2003 - 324 pages
...that torch again, will you? this pipe don't draw. (162-163) Silver, of whom it could well be said that "There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, / That raised emotions both ot rage and fear",10 proceeds to defend himself on four points of accusation, and then, like a true... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904 - 606 pages
...haughtier thought his besom ill eonccalz. — [MS.] ii. He had the shill when prying souls would seat, To probe his heart and watch his changing cheek, At...purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, a 20 Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some secret thought, than drag that Chiefs to day. There... | |
 | 1814 - 650 pages
...eye; — He had iJic skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and wateh his ehanging cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll bsck his scrutiny, . Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some secret thought — than drag that... | |
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