The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day (1899)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.; London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 348
nd rollers covered with sharp spikes ; there is the Scav-engers Daughter, also the Iron Virgin, a hollow in-strument the size and figure of a woman, with knivesinside which are so arranged that, when closing, the vic-tim would be lacerated in its deadly embrace. Incredible ingenuity was displayed… … o 330 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. in bad Latin the blasphemous inscription, Solo DeoGloria r The hangmen took pride in their profession and re-garded themselves as disgraced if they could not maketheir victims confess whatever the inquisitors wanted.Their usual threat, when a heretic, a wizard, or a…
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