 | John Edward Patterson - 1913 - 432 páginas
...SLAVE-CARRYING AND SMUGGLING "Thou salt-water thief! " SHAKESPEARE. There was a laughing devil in his sneer; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell! He left a Corsair's name to other times, Link'd with one virtue and a thousand crimes. BYRON. In pestilential... | |
 | William Henry Skaggs - 1915 - 368 páginas
...a typical corsair of whom it could be said : " There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown...Hope withering fled — and Mercy sigh'd farewell." But Dr. Miinsterberg is an honourable man, devoted to the Kaiser ; he speaks with knowledge and authority,... | |
 | William Winter - 1915 - 770 páginas
...was indicated in four lines of "The Corsair": "There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown...hatred darkly fell Hope, withering, fled, and Mercy sighed farewell." VARIOUS NOTABLE ROMEOS— FROM ELLISTON TO ROBINSON. Elliston, a dashing comedian,... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1921 - 454 páginas
...wit, his insight, his grip on essentials, his 1 There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown...hatred darkly fell, Hope, withering, fled — and Mercy sighed farewell. * These details are Patmore's, and, even if they be true, are not the whole truth.... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1922 - 270 páginas
...talk till two in the morning.2 That he excelled 1 There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown...hatred darkly fell, Hope, withering, fled — and Mercy sighed farewell. * These details are Patmore's, and, even if they be true, are not the whole truth.... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 páginas
...until eight without ever moving from his tea-pot 1 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. and his chair, and go to a theatre, a bite at the Southampton, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1923 - 722 páginas
...respectful observance.1 1 See Note 3. CHAPTER XXII There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown...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,... | |
 | Friedrich W. D. Brie - 1923 - 328 páginas
...secret thought, than drag that Chief's to day. 55 There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear: And where his frown...hatred darkly fell, . Hope withering fled — and Merry signed farewell! X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 'twas... | |
 | Eino Railo - 1927 - 434 páginas
...whose searching expression few can withstand : There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown...hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh d farewell ! " Feared, shunned, belied," he has learned to hate mankind even before his youth... | |
 | Tjeerd Popma - 1928 - 444 páginas
...verstommen, zijn bitteren grimlach vol wereldverachting. There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly feil, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sighed farewell! * Deze verzen luiden in de overzetting: Zijn... | |
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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! 
