Word: devilment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your old, early days, you at least played devil's advocate to republicanism; now you are the canonizer of monarchy. Not that we on this side of the border do not appreciate your tribute to our late King and your admiration of our monarchical institution. But it is, to us, a droll confirmation of Shaw's statement that America would sue for inclusion in the British Empire...
After they had exchanged a few prances and roars, seven more brightly costumed devils strutted forward to shout their vain glorious boasts and be routed, one by one, by Michael. Envy ("I am the worst of the capital sins") wore a mask of interlaced serpents; Sloth was a yawning frog; Lust was masked by lizards. Last of all came La Diabla, the she-devil. With her seductive smile and flouncing skirts, provocatively hoisted as she danced, the tempting she-devil managed to give the archangel a bad half-hour...
...incidents that might fill his hero's emptiness with something more amiable than smuggling and murder. He exposes Dyar's hungry soul to every temptation except the temptation to take a brace. In this way, Bowles takes most of the wind out of his own sails. The Devil likes to be given his due, but he is too much of a realist to ask for a walkover...
Ransomed Poet. Gilbert was the older of the two by six years, and a personal devil of quiddity seems to have rocked his earliest cradle. At the age of two, while on a trip to Italy with his parents, he was snatched from his nurse's arms by two Neapolitan toughs, and held for a ransom of ?25. Papa paid. As Author Baily observes, "it was a bargain...
...minute talk in which he stressed Christian fundamentals rather than specific Catholic dogmas, the bishop answered questions from the studio audience. Sample: "Why does God permit evil in the world?" Answer: in giving man freedom, God gave him the freedom to choose between good & evil. Without the devil, there could be no saint; without the traitor, no patriot...