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Значения термина mephistophelean на английском

Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.

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That Mephistophelean spirit of detraction has wide scope in this day.
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It's a Mephistophelean thing: I can show you power and money if you go with me.
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He was thus the very man to pour a cool Mephistophelean spray upon Schiller's emotional fervors.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
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Mendoza, with a Mephistophelean smile, bows profoundly.
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
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When he smiled he revealed a row of very large white teeth, and his smile was correctly Mephistophelean.
The Golden Scorpion
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He advanced smiling, and in the bright sunlight seemed even more Mephistophelean than he had seemed in Harley's office.
Bat Wing
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Julian, in describing Marr to Valentine, had pronounced him Satanic, and this dead face was, in truth, somewhat Mephistophelean.
Flames
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Mephistophelean was more high sounding.
Molly Brown's Senior Days
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The red-haired judge, with straw hat and Mephistophelean limp, was there, looking like an Offenbach villain out for a spree.
South Wind
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For they range all the way from the most mordant to the most pathetic irony-fromMephistophelean laughter to warm, human tears:
Mark Twain
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Standing in the doorway he bowed, and if his smile was Mephistophelean, there was much about Colonel Juan Menendez which commanded respect.
Bat Wing
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A scarlet halo begins to glow; and into it the Devil rises, very Mephistophelean, and not at all unlike Mendoza, though not so interesting.
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
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"You don't hear the words," the doctor remarked, with a smile which, in the dark, looked Mephistophelean.
The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
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