All 6 Uses
infernal
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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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- She now stood fair for his infernal purpose.
Chpt 1 *infernal = characteristic of hell
- The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work.†
Chpt 6
- If any one thing in my experience, more than another, served to deepen my conviction of the infernal character of slavery, and to fill me with unutterable loathing of slaveholders, it was their base ingratitude to my poor old grandmother.†
Chpt 8
- I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes,—a justifier of the most appalling barbarity,—a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds,—and a dark shelter under, which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection.†
Chpt 10
- I would leave him to imagine himself surrounded by myriads of invisible tormentors, ever ready to snatch from his infernal grasp his trembling prey.†
Chpt 11
- The dealer gives his blood-stained gold to support the pulpit, and the pulpit, in return, covers his infernal business with the garb of Christianity.†
Chpt Appe
Definitions:
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(1)
(infernal) very bad; or very annoying; or characteristic of hell or the underworld
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)