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That is why he was called the Morning Star and is now the Prince of Lies.
Waylander Gemmell, David 1986
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Whether it had been obedient to the call she could not say, but, at any rate it had been no demon of hell-God be praised -- bringing a reek of the pit, and besides Satan was the Prince of Lies and would consider himself insulted if he were called the Spirit of Truth, moreover the spirit who had appeared to the doctor had behaved in the most exemplary manner.
The Complete Short Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Whether it had been obedient to the call she could not say, but, at any rate it had been no demon of hell-God be praised -- bringing a reek of the pit, and besides Satan was the Prince of Lies and would consider himself insulted if he were called the Spirit of Truth, moreover the spirit who had appeared to the doctor had behaved in the most exemplary manner.
The Elixir Georg Ebers 1867
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In our historical and critical capacity, we hope we are strangers to all the world; have feud or favour with no one, -- save indeed the Devil, with whom, as with the Prince of Lies and Darkness, we do at all times wage internecine war.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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