He's as proud as lucifer; and if he considers that he is affronted, there's no knowing what may be the consequences.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Great, therefore, was the consternation of the whole community when the heir of Mondreer, the handsomest, the wealthiest and the most accomplished among the young men of the county, if not of the whole State, instead of marrying some cousin or companion whom everybody knew all about, had, while on his travels abroad, forgotten all the venerable traditions of his native place, and "gone and wedded a stranger and foreigner" whom no one knew, or could find out anything about, except that she was as handsome as Juno, as haughty as lucifer, and as poor as Lazarus.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
When lucifer fell from the Divine order, it was lust of knowledge that prompted him to set his own will in opposition to the Almighty.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer