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Sin

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according to Milton, is twin-keeper with Death of the gates of Hell. She sprang full-grown from the head of Satan.

“… Woman to the waist, and fair,


But ending foul in many a scaly fold

Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed

With mortal sting.”


Paradise Lost, ii. 650–653.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Simmes Hole
Simnel Cakes
Simon (St.)
Simon Magus
Simon Pure
Simony
Simple (The)
Simple Simon. A simpleton
Simplicity is sine plica
Simplon Road
Sin
Sin-eaters
Sincere
Sindhu
Sindon
Sine Die (Latin)
Sine quā Non
Sinecure [si-ne-kure]
Sinews of War
Sing a Song o Sixpence
Sing my Music, and not Yours