The devil turn'd hermit: or, the adventures of Astaroth banished from Hell. A satirical romance. Exposing, With great Variety of Humour, in a Series of Conversations between that Demon and the Author. The scandalous Frauds, lewd Amours, and devout Mockery of the Monks and Nuns; the Intrigues of Courts; the Ambition, Avarice, and Cruelty of Ministers; the Insincerity, Luxury, Prostitution, and Ingratitude of many private Characters; with other Capital Vices of the present Age. Founded chiefly on real Facts, and interspersed with the Portraits and secret History of most of the considerable Persons that have lived in Europe within these thirty Years past. Translated from the original French of Mr de M***. ...
- Lambert de Saumery, Pierre, approximately 1690-
- Date:
- 1751
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About this work
Also known as
Diable hermite. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, over-against St. Magnus's Church, London-Bridge; and T. Waller, at the Crown and Mitre, Fleet-Street, 1751.
Physical description
2v.,plate ; 120.
Contributors
Edition
The second edition.
References note
ESTC T106614
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.