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M.ny of M. Hardy's workmen, before they entered his employ, had belonged to a society or union, called the Devourers; while many of the stonecutters in the neighboring quarries belonged to a society called the Wolves.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 07 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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She sounds like one of the Devourers from Leiber's Bazaar of the Bizarre...
Queen of the Crapsellers Walter Jon Williams 2009
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What if there were real trolls that lived under the overpasses of the internets' highways; Devourers of posters who take too little care where they type.
"You are also a paid astrotroller." Ann Althouse 2008
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On the other hand the demons who opposed them, are all powers of division and limitation, Coverers, Tearers, Devourers, Confiners, Dualisers, Obstructers, as their names indicate, powers that work against the free and unified integrality of the being.
The spiritual intention of the legends Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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Gorge, gorge, with unappeased appetite, body bulging to the bursting point, the Devourers all about me, the larger engulfing the smaller, not with mouths, but literally enclosing their prey with the walls of their bodies, so that the smaller flowed into the larger.
Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Will Levington Comfort 1905
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Controlling these are the "Fiery Lives," the Devourers, which constrain these to their work of building up the cells of the body, so that they work harmoniously and in order, subordinated to the higher manifestation of life in the complex organism called Man.
Death—and After? Annie Wood Besant 1890
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"Societe des Raffines," and also as "The Templars" which latter was its true name -- had nothing in common with "The Devourers," illustrated by
Monsieur De Camors — Complete Octave Feuillet 1855
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Devourers, the factory of M. Hardy had that morning a festal air, perfectly in accordance with the serenity of the sky; for the wind was from the north, and pretty sharp for a fine day in M.rch.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 07 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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"And that the Devourers would make themselves caps with wolf-skin," added another.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 07 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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"Yes, yes; down with the Devourers, who want to bring the cholera on the country!"
The Wandering Jew — Volume 07 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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