All 3 Uses of
abyss
in
The Idiot
- Was I afraid of finding a bottomless abyss of empty selfishness?†
Chpt 4.7 *abyss = a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit
- that's why I am so happy at this moment, because I find there is no bottomless abyss at all—but good, healthy material, full of life.†
Chpt 4.7
- I have applied those words to him before, but now I add that God has preserved the babe himself from the abyss, He and all His saints.†
Chpt 4.10