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Definition of Hells
1. hell [v] - See also: hell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hells
Literary usage of Hells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"Some of the (hells are very delicate, ... the (hells are fo friable, that they
could not have been removed from their native ..."
2. The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal of Satire edited by Arthur William A'Beckett (1867)
"THE hells. Hear the echoes from the hells—• German hells ! What a tale of
selfishness their recollection tells ! How fickle fortune battles With the ball ..."
3. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"Among the (hells which are found naturally ... Though the generality ot the (hells of
... yet it is very dangerous to the (hells ; for without the ..."
4. Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell, from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg (1919)
"By these arts they torment each other in the hells. ... The Lord permits torments
in the hells because in no other way can evils be restrained and subdued. ..."
5. The Four Leading Doctrines of the New Church: Signified by the New Jerusalem by Emanuel Swedenborg (1873)
"THE LORD CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SUBJUGATE THE hells AND TO GLORIFY HIS HUMAN ;
AND THE ... Temptations are nothing else than combats against the hells. ..."
6. The Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks by Larry H. Ludmer (2000)
"hells Canyon has some of the wildest rapids of any major American river. The canyon
is home to a variety of climatic zones, ranging from the desert-like ..."
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