She quotes the Puritan minister Increase Mather — "Drink is in itself a good Creature of God, and to be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan, the wine is from God, but the Drunkard is from the Devil" — and declares his words "an early version of our incessant 'moderation' sermons, with only a pint or two dividing heaven from hell".
An ala could be seen as a good creature in some regions, such as Banat, Mount Kopaonik in south Serbia, and the adjacent Župa basin with nearby areas, where she was believed to be connected to a territory, which she defended against attacks by the ale from other territories.
Increase Mather, a prominent colonial clergyman and president of Harvard, expressed the common view in a sermon against drunkenness: "Drink is in itself a good creature of God, and to be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan; the wine is from God, but the drunkard is from the Devil".
William appeared to enjoy the domesticity of his life with Mrs. Jordan, remarking to a friend: "Mrs. Jordan is a very good creature, very domestic and careful of her children.
Ben and his healing powers led most reviewers to believe that he was the good creature, and that Justin was a demon or at least a dangerous zealot who received instructions from either God or Satan.
A vaguely medieval world populated by dwarfs, elves, trolls; an evil lord out to enslave the good creatures; and, almost always, a weird magic thing that will let him do it, if the hero doesn't find or destroy it first — that is the Tolkien formula.
Gopnik goes on to define that blueprint: A vaguely medieval world populated by dwarfs, elves, trolls; an evil lord out to enslave the good creatures; and, almost always, a weird magic thing that will let him do it, if the hero doesn't find or destroy it first — that is the Tolkien formula….
Before she could manage a good scream, the creature leaped onto her bed, tail wagging, and spent the rest of the night nuzzled against her side.
In 2011 The New Republic called him one of Washington's "Most Overrated Thinkers," "a barometer in a good suit, a creature of establishment consensus, an exemplary spokesman for the always-evolving middle.
But Shaftesbury avoids this problem by discussing in detail only that which makes "a sensible creature" a good member of its species by focusing on whether an individual creature is promoting the well-being of its species (C 169).
Susana Walton, who has died aged 83, was a rare creature – a good composer's wife who became an even better composer's widow.
