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 Mephib’osheth,Mercador Amante 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mephistoph’eles, Mephistoph’ilis, Mephostoph’ilus.
 
A sneering, jeering, leering tempter. The character is that of a devil in Goethe’s Faust. He is next in rank to Satan.   1
 


 Mephib’osheth,Mercador Amante 

 
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