Started to drive the webs of suspicion from the dog's mind

somewhere he had once seen a winged Mercury

There was a sharp, explosive crackle

what are the figurative languages

in paragraph 6 of "sinners in the hands of an angry god" by jonathan edwards, he talks about how doing good things alone will not save men from going to hell because they're at the mercy of the will of god. "spiritual reform" provides men with a false sense of safety.

alright no problem, cool

king hrothgar despair over the inability to defeat grendel