infernal pit
Example Sentences
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A lasting woe, A misfortune, an abuse, A sharp pain, a fiend let loose From the infernal pit below.
From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by MacCarthy, Denis Florence
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)
His eyes blazed from beneath his knit eyebrows with a fire that seemed to be lighted up in the infernal pit itself.
From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
His basket of "yarbs" was under the side of the rock in hoodoo-like shadows and the wagons of poor, innocent, sacrificed lambs and turkeys and sucking-pigs were backed up by the largest infernal pit.
From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson
The coquina quarry was as hot as the infernal pit.
From Quick Action by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
