Diabolus

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They heard an inordinate roar of laughter, and there was Diabolus sitting opposite to them holding his sides, and lashing his tail about, as if he would have gone mad with glee.

From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various

Diabolus addressed the assembly, putting them in hopes of recovering their prize.

From Bunyan by Froude, James Anthony

Diabolus tried long to bring 'Conscience' over to his side, but never quite succeeded.

From Bunyan by Froude, James Anthony

Not Lord G——, when flogged by Lord B——, in the House,—not Mr. Cartlitch, of Astley’s Amphitheatre, in his most pathetic passages, could look more crestfallen, and howl more hideously, than Diabolus did now.

From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various

Diabolus was unable to hasten its birth, and an experiment which Bunyan thought would certainly have succeeded was not to be tried.

From Bunyan by Froude, James Anthony