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... Belial and Mammon , he knew were - a matter of historical fact — only popular personifications of the abstractions that were originally meant by the two names . In the Old Testament we meet " sons of Belial " who commit acts of lust ...
... Belial and Mammon , he knew were - a matter of historical fact — only popular personifications of the abstractions that were originally meant by the two names . In the Old Testament we meet " sons of Belial " who commit acts of lust ...
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... Belial came last , than whom a Spirit more lewd Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : To ... Belial is an abstract noun meaning profligacy . Sons of Belial was a widely current phrase in the Bible and in Puritan ...
... Belial came last , than whom a Spirit more lewd Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : To ... Belial is an abstract noun meaning profligacy . Sons of Belial was a widely current phrase in the Bible and in Puritan ...
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... Belial , in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high ... Belial's first appearance in I , 490 , and his later ones in VI , 620-27 , and PR II , 150-73 . For his bearing ...
... Belial , in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high ... Belial's first appearance in I , 490 , and his later ones in VI , 620-27 , and PR II , 150-73 . For his bearing ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
Abbreviations of Titles of Periodicals Cited in the Notes | xiv |
Bibliography of Books Dealing Mainly with Paradise Lost | li |
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