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SPAIR (_Giant_), lived in Doubting Castle. He took Christian and Hopeful captive for sleeping on his grounds, and locked them in a dark dungeon from Wednesday to Saturday, without "one bit of bread, or drop of drink, or ray of light." By the advice of his wife, Diffidence, the giant beat them soundly "with a crab-tree cudgel." On Saturday night Christian remembered he had a key in his bosom, called "Promise," which would open any lock in Doubting Castle. So he opened the dungeon door, and they both made their escape with speed.--John Bunyan, _Pilgrim's Progress_, i. (1678). DEUCE IS IN HIM (_The_) a farce by George Colman, senior. The person referred to is Colonel Tember, under which name the plot of the farce is given (1762). DEUGA'LA, says Ossian, "was covered with the light of beauty, but her heart was the house of pride." DEVE'TA, plu. Devetas, inferior or secondary deities in Hindu mythology. DEVIL (_The_). Olivier le Daim, the tool of Louis XL, and once the king's barber, was called _Le Diable_, because he was as much feared, was as fond of making mischief, and was far more disliked than the prince of evil. Olivier was executed in 1484. _Devil (The French)_, Jean Bart, an intrepid French sailor, born at Dunkirk (1650-1702). _Devil (The White)_. George Castriot, surnamed "Scanderbeg," was called by the Turks "The White Devil of Wallachia" (1404-1467). _Devil (The Printer's)_. Aldus Manutius, a printer in Venice to the holy Church and the doge, employed a negro boy to help him in his office. This little black boy was believed to be an imp of Satan, and went by the name of the "printer's devil." In order to protect him from persecution, and confute a foolish superstition, Manutius made a public exhibition of the boy, and announced that "any one who doubted him to be flesh and blood might come forward and pinch him." _Devil (Robert the)_, of Normandy; so called because his father was said to have been an incubus or fiend in the disguise of a knight (1028-1035). [Illustration] Robert Francois Damiens is also called _Robert le Diable_, for his attempt to assassinate Louis XV. (1714-1757). _Devil (Son of the)_, Ezzeli'no, chief of the Gibelins, governor of Vicenza. He was so called for his infamous cruelties (1215-1259). DEVIL DICK, Richard Porson, the critic, (1759-1808). DEVIL ON TWO STICKS, (_The_), that is _Le Diable Boiteux_, by Lesage (1707). The plot of this humorous satirical tale is bo
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