10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEVILISM»
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devilism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
devilism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
"It is, indeed, more than strange," wrote Langhorne, "that an Author, of a refined
and polished genius, should be an advocate for re-establishing the barbarous
superstitions of Gothic devilism!"12 Langhorne's second reading, in fact, had
been ...
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The Castle of Otranto and the Mysterious Mother
... all of his former praise and charges Walpole with a betrayal of his own genius
and debasement of taste in his reversion to barbarism and the promotion of a "
Gothic devilism" perpetrated against both public morals and aesthetic decorum.
Horace Walpole, Frederick S. Frank, 2003
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Journal of the Anthropological Society of London
Anything to save us from the brutal devilism with which he threatens us."*
Gentlemen, the "brutal devilism" with which I threaten the world is the triumph of
facts over assumptions. I am content here to make my stand, and to continue to
teach ...
Anthropological Society (London), 1867
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The Anthropological Review
Anything to save us from the brutal devilism with which he threatens us.”*
Gentlemen, the “brutal devilism” with which I threaten the world is the triumph of
facts over assumptions. I am content here to make my stand, and to continue to
teach ...
Anything to save us from the brutal devilism with which he threatens us."*
Gentlemen, the "brutal devilism" with which I threaten the world is the triumph of
facts over assumptions. I am content here to make my stand, and to continue to
teach ...
Anthropological Society of London, 1867
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Law and Literature Reconsidered
... precedes a deathly, parricidal textuality, threatens within this economy to
become 'a kind of ghost' of itself. SPECTRES. OF. LAW. AND. LITERATURE. –. '
GOTHIC. DEVILISM'10. It was Gothic fiction – in terms of its form, its content and
its ...
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The Political History of the Devil: 10
Of divination, sorcery, the black art, pawawing, and such like pretenders to
devilism, and how far the Devil is or is not concerned in them. THOUGH I am
writing the history of the Devil, I have not undertaken to do the like of all the kinds
of ...
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An Essay on the Old and New Testament
This is the devilism, the nature of all; How true does St. James write in his Gen.
epis. iv chap. v. 5. “ Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, the spirit that
dwelleth ' in us lusteth to envy.” Chap. iii, v. 14. “ But if ye have bitter envying and
strife ...
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An Exposition of the Political Character and Principles of ...
No where, not in the completest despotisms, does human nature show itself so
completely depraved, so nearly approaching an equal mixture of brutality and
devilism, as in the last stages of such a democracy, and in the beginning of ...
Samuel Delucenna Ingham, John Quincy Adams, 1827
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Remarks on a pamphlet [by E. Paley] lately circulated in the ...
Should you, on mature deliberation, deem these Pamphlets a hopeful attempt to
render Methodism contemptible, and Devilism respectable, you will not fail, I trust,
to award the author merited honors, and to assure him, by some means, of your ...
James Everett, Edmund Paley, 1812
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEVILISM»
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devilism is used in the context of the following news items.
Was Robert Burns' infamous 'blue devilism' a sign of bipolar disorder?
Robert Burns, one of Scotland's most important literary figures, wrote of his mood swings and melancholia as “blue devilism”. Today, experts ... «The Independent, May 14»
Look Back 250 • St. Louis gets religion, gains a skyline full of steeples
Six years later, Methodist preacher Jesse Walker pledged to battle this “fountain-head of devilism.” Their zeal bore fruit. By the 1820s, the map ... «STLtoday.com, Apr 14»
Relive Felix Baumgartner's space jump from his perspective
It was a feat of death-defying dare-devilism that astounded viewers across the globe. A year on from Felix Baumgartner's world record-breaking ... «Metro, Oct 13»
We Found It on Netflix Instant: Elevator
“The Beast in Me” is a well-known song about how English singer-songwriter Nick Lowe has struggled for years with devilism. After a brief ... «Grantland, Sep 12»
Tax the rich: Should millionaires really pay more?
... men are equal, this attempt to array the rich against the poor or the poor against the rich is socialism, communism, devilism," declared Sen. «Christian Science Monitor, Oct 11»
