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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... evil , frightful in appearance , wicked in its actings , horrible in its manner , monstrous in its effects , is called the Devil ; in a word , Devil is the common name for all Devils , that is to say , for all evil Spirits , all evil ...
... evil , frightful in appearance , wicked in its actings , horrible in its manner , monstrous in its effects , is called the Devil ; in a word , Devil is the common name for all Devils , that is to say , for all evil Spirits , all evil ...
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... evil doers , as well as evil Spirits ; fill'd with a horrid malignity and enmity against their Maker , and arm'd with a hellish resolution to shew and exert it on all occasions ; retaining however their exalted spirituous Nature , and ...
... evil doers , as well as evil Spirits ; fill'd with a horrid malignity and enmity against their Maker , and arm'd with a hellish resolution to shew and exert it on all occasions ; retaining however their exalted spirituous Nature , and ...
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... evil ; If this is true , how comes it to pass that those two opposite Spirits do not quarrel about it when they are pressing us to contrary Actions , one good and the other evil ? and why does the evil tempting Spirit so often prevail ...
... evil ; If this is true , how comes it to pass that those two opposite Spirits do not quarrel about it when they are pressing us to contrary Actions , one good and the other evil ? and why does the evil tempting Spirit so often prevail ...
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List of Illustrations | xi |
Headnote | xix |
Notes to Headnote | lxxv |
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