The gentleman's name was Mr. Worldly-Wise-Man.
John Bunyan (1628 - 1688)
Source: Pilgrim’s Progress, 1678.
Contributed by: Zaady
And so I penned It down, until at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.
Source: Pilgrim’s Progress, 1678. Apology for his Book.
Dark as pitch.
Source: Pilgrim’s Progress, 1678. Part i.
They came to the Delectable Mountains.
A man there was, tho' some did count him mad, The more he cast away, the more he had.
The Author's Way of sending forth his Second Part of the Pilgrim. Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.
Source: Pilgrim’s Progress, 1678. Part ii.
The name of the slough was Despond.
He that is down needs fear no fall.
The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other was Pliable.