Citations:demon
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English citations of demon
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- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
- This aroused the stranger's attention, and he asked a multitude of questions concerning the route which the demon, as he called him, had pursued.
- Could the demon who had (I did not for a minute doubt) murdered my brother also in his hellish sport have betrayed the innocent to death and ignominy?
- 1915, Robert Frost, “The Demiurge’s Laugh”, in A Boy’s Will[1], page 54:
- The Demon arose from his wallow to laugh,
Brushing the dirt from his eye as he went;
And well I knew what the Demon meant.
I shall not forget how his laugh rang out.