 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
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1833 - 358 pages
...and watch his changing cheek," without being subject, in turn, to the power possessed by others, " At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny." A day employed thus vaguely is not thrown away, even when the purpose of the traveller is to seek precise... | |
 | William Cox - 1833 - 330 pages
...countenance is strongly marked. and forcibly brings to inind 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 484 pages
...persons of genins, who followed the same pursuit with herself. It He had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing...purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny." The Cortair.l 1 [" Time hath not yet the features fix'd, But brighter traits with evil mix VI ; And... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 pages
...persons of genius, who followed the same pursuit with herself. It He had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing...purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny." The Corsair.] i [" Time hath not yet the features fix'd, But brighter traits with evil mix 'd ; And... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 pages
...persons of genius, who followed the same pursuit with herself. It He had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing...purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny." The Coriair.y l [" Time hath not yet the features fix'd, But brighter traits with evil mix'd; And there... | |
 | 1834 - 320 pages
...countenance is strongly marked, and forcibly brings to mind the lines of Bycon 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 80 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...purpose to espy , And on himself roll back his scrutiny , Lesl he to Conrad rather should betray Some secret thought , than drag that chiefs to day, There... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 pages
...glance would quell. 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...chief's to day, There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, That, raisfid emotions both of rage and fear; Hope withering... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 386 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...purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, situations of guilt and danger, as some men love instinctively to tread the giddy edge of a precipice,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...puhlic how little he was affected by them, and how effectual!) il lie had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing...scrutiny, Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some srcret thought, than drag that chiefs to day. There was a laughing devil in his surer, That raised... | |
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