Mansoul

'Now, there is in this gallant country a fair and delicate town, a corporation, called Mansoul: a town for its building so curious, for its situation so commodious, for its privileges so advantageous, that I may say of it, there is not its equal under the whole heaven.

Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878

Now there is in this gallant country of Universe a fair and delicate town, a corporation called Mansoul; a town for its building so curious, for its situation so commodious, for its privileges so advantageous, (I mean with reference to its origin,) that I may say of it, as was said before of the continent in which it is placed, There is not its equal under the whole heaven.

The Holy war, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world; or, the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul John Bunyan 1658

a corporation called Mansoul; a town for its building so curious, for its situation so commodious, for its privileges so advantageous (I mean with reference to its origin), that I may say of it, as was said before of the continent in which it is placed, There is not its equal under the whole heaven.

The Holy War 2001

The counsellor and the warrior, the head and the arm, will act together in the town of Mansoul, and keep the desires in proper subjection.

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

We have seen the City of Mansoul, even as it rocked, relieved —

The Man Who Was Thursday Gilbert Keith 2003

“Silly Mansoul swallowed it without chewing, as if it had been a sprat in the mouth of a whale.” —

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

Incredulity had done, began to run together by companies in all places, and in every corner of the streets of Mansoul; and first they began to mutter, then to talk openly, and after that they run to and fro, and cried as they run, ‘Oh the brave captains of Shaddai! would we were under the government of the captains, and of Shaddai their King!’

The Holy War 2001

I have known him, my lord, above these thirty years, for he and I (a shame it is for me to speak it) were great acquaintance, when Diabolus, that tyrant, had the government of Mansoul; and I testify that he is a Diabolonian by nature, an enemy to our Prince, and a hater of the blessed town of Mansoul.

The Holy War 2001

So they, when they were come, bowed themselves to the ground seven times; they also wept, they wept aloud, and asked forgiveness of the Prince, and prayed that he would again, as of old, confirm his love to Mansoul.

The Holy War 2001

It was also determined that thanks should be given by the town of Mansoul to Mr. Prywell, for his diligent seeking of the welfare of their town: and further, that forasmuch as he was so naturally inclined to seek their good, and also to undermine their foes, they gave him a commission of scoutmaster-general, for the good of the town of Mansoul.

The Holy War 2001