The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry Into the Salem Witch Trials |
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... mercy for those whom God Himself had destined to damnation , that indeed hell for the damned actually was mercy , most august divine mercy . A little girl brought up to believe so literally in such concepts would be unlikely to show more ...
... mercy for those whom God Himself had destined to damnation , that indeed hell for the damned actually was mercy , most august divine mercy . A little girl brought up to believe so literally in such concepts would be unlikely to show more ...
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... Mercy Short , seventeen - year - old servant maid of Boston , recently back from captivity among the Indians , who , as natural creatures of the devil , had probably had not too wholesome an influence on the girl . It was Mercy who in ...
... Mercy Short , seventeen - year - old servant maid of Boston , recently back from captivity among the Indians , who , as natural creatures of the devil , had probably had not too wholesome an influence on the girl . It was Mercy who in ...
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... mercy and not sacrifice , ' ye would not have condemned the guiltless . " The boy plodded on , but the father sat blankly , not at- tending to a word , his mind wrenched from family cares to a darker matter . It was as if God had ...
... mercy and not sacrifice , ' ye would not have condemned the guiltless . " The boy plodded on , but the father sat blankly , not at- tending to a word , his mind wrenched from family cares to a darker matter . It was as if God had ...
Contents
Chapter Page I THE EASIEST ROOM IN HELL | 3 |
YOUNG PEOPLES CIRCLE | 9 |
THE POSSESSED | 21 |
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