“The springs themselves were as diabolical in appearance as the witches' caldron in Macbeth, and needed but the presence of Hecate and her weird band to realize that horrible creation of poetic fancy.”
“They were such sly dogs, and disguised their views so well, that there was no getting at positive evidence of their traitorous and diabolical intentions.”
“The nurse, the teacher, the music and dancing master, the milliner, the dressmaker, and the tailor have all aided and abetted in this shameful and diabolical work.”