The Political History of the DevilAMS Press, 2003 - 605 Seiten First published in 1726, this full-length study of the devil's role in society combines Biblical history with common sense as Defoe considers the conflict between forces of destructive evil and the benevolent Deity which controls the world. |
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... body , with all the appearance of a body of a man or woman appearing to them ; also of having a Familiar , as they call it , an Incubus or little Devil , which sucks their bodies , runs away with them into the air , and the like : Much ...
... body , with all the appearance of a body of a man or woman appearing to them ; also of having a Familiar , as they call it , an Incubus or little Devil , which sucks their bodies , runs away with them into the air , and the like : Much ...
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... body usually and ordinarily does . Nor is it any disadvantage to the Devil , that his Seraphic nature is not confin'd or imprison'd in a body or shape , suppose that shape to be what monstrous thing we would ; for this would , indeed ...
... body usually and ordinarily does . Nor is it any disadvantage to the Devil , that his Seraphic nature is not confin'd or imprison'd in a body or shape , suppose that shape to be what monstrous thing we would ; for this would , indeed ...
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... body in the Chair when the old Woman shut the Door ; however , having promis'd not to speak to any body but the old Woman , he said not a Word . By and by the Woman making abundance of strange Gestures and Motions , and mumbling over ...
... body in the Chair when the old Woman shut the Door ; however , having promis'd not to speak to any body but the old Woman , he said not a Word . By and by the Woman making abundance of strange Gestures and Motions , and mumbling over ...
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List of Illustrations | xi |
Headnote | xix |
Notes to Headnote | lxxv |
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