Word: devils
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...Juan is discovered on the brink of Hell; he obtains from the Devil ten years' respite; and is finally seen as the ten years end. The Devil brings back to damn him the 1,003 women whom he deceived in life...
...line in the text; greater beauty of line, mass and color in the settings of James Reynolds. Philosophical sagacity and finesse are provided in the argument, but the acting too often bleaches the brilliance of these formidably favorable factors. Stanley Logan and Augustin Duncan play Don Juan and the Devil; Mr. Logan gives a rather inept performance; Mr. Duncan only a fairly good...
...According to some reports, Martin Luther engaged in translating the Bible at the castle of Wartburg in 1521-2, heaved an inkstand at the Devil...
...screws his limbs, contorts his body-a demon who causes him to bite his own tongue, eject the contents of his bowels and bladder, to bubble at the mouth with foam until his aspect becomes so shocking that it may well induce a similar attack in the beholder-this devil-ridden man may be an epileptic...
...victims of the said competition, have been drafted to their ridiculous duty. Their services need only have been impressed for the bedevilment of Harvard cheering, and they are assuming that implied obligation seriously--or is it ironically. The "avocatus Diaboli," I am aware, contends that a lack of "devil" in the stands is reflected on the field. This, as everybody else perfectly well knows, is rubbish. I have often been told by football friends that they did not even hear the cheering during a game much less care whether there was any or not. Cheering is a stimulant...