Mr. Hold-the-world

So they came up to each other, and after a short salutation, Mr. Hold-the-world propounded the question to Christian and his fellow, and bid them to answer it if they could.

The Pilgrim`s Progress 1666

So they came up to each other, and after a short salutation, Mr. Hold-the-world propounded the question to Christian and his fellow, and bid them to answer it if they could.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

Mr. By-ends, but old Mr. Hold-the-world, should propound the question to them, because, as they supposed, their answer to him would be without the remainder of that heat that was kindled betwixt Mr. By-ends and them, at their parting a little before.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

Mr. Hold-the-world propounded the question to Christian and his fellow, and bid them to answer it if they could.

The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan John Bunyan 1658