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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... told me the Devil could not be represented by any thing handsom , alledging our constant picturing the Devil in all the frightful Appearances imaginable . I told her we wrong'd him very much in that , and quoted St. Francis , to whom ...
... told me the Devil could not be represented by any thing handsom , alledging our constant picturing the Devil in all the frightful Appearances imaginable . I told her we wrong'd him very much in that , and quoted St. Francis , to whom ...
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... told me I came to affront her , that I would not talk so if Sir Ed was by ; and that she ought not to be used so . I endeavour'd to pacify her , and told her I had not treated her with any Indecency , nor I would not ; because while she ...
... told me I came to affront her , that I would not talk so if Sir Ed was by ; and that she ought not to be used so . I endeavour'd to pacify her , and told her I had not treated her with any Indecency , nor I would not ; because while she ...
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... told us other Things , but they only told us what their Mothers and Nurses told them , and so the Tale has been handed down from one Generation of old Women to another ; but we have no Vouchers for the Fact other than Oral Tradition ...
... told us other Things , but they only told us what their Mothers and Nurses told them , and so the Tale has been handed down from one Generation of old Women to another ; but we have no Vouchers for the Fact other than Oral Tradition ...
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List of Illustrations | xi |
Headnote | xix |
Notes to Headnote | lxxv |
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