infernal pit
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Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption—thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
From Paradise Lost by Milton, John
This came from the plain of the giants between Malebolge and the mouth of the infernal pit.
From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner
After this, the remains were thrown into the infernal pit, called the ice-house.
From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)
The abysses of his brain no one can, or even dare, explore—but, listen as we will at the door of that infernal pit of laughter, we shall hear no laugh against his faithful little Mathilde.
From Old Love Stories Retold by Le Gallienne, Richard
By the infernal pit of Pluto! by all the furies! you will turn my wine into poison—into poison I tell you.
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
