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Brewer's: Hell Gates
according to Milton, are nine-fold—three of brass, three of iron, and three of adamant; the keepers are Sin and Death. This allegory is one of the most celebrated passages of Paradise Lost. (See book ii. 643-676.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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