 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 páginas
...returned, than they have returned to folly with accelerated speed j fulfilling the eld popish distich: " When the Devil was sick, the Devil a Monk would be : " When the Devil got well, the devil a Monk was he !" * ( «d by his Sovereign for certain misdemeanors of... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 páginas
...conduct which you promise to do whilst you are labouring under a fit of the gravel, gout, or stone." When the Devil was sick The Devil a Monk would be ; When the Devil was well The Devil a Monk was he. This city is celebrated for having given birth to Agrippina... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 páginas
...conduct which you promise to do whilst you are labouring under a fit of the gravel, gout, or stone." When the Devil was sick The Devil a Monk would be ; When the Devil was well The Devil a Monk was he. This city is celebrated for having given birth to Agrippina... | |
 | sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 páginas
...conduct which you promise to do whilst you are labouring under a fit of the gravel, gout, cw stone." When the Devil was sick • The Devil a monk- would be ;: "When the Devil was well The devil a monk was he. This city is celebrated for having given birth to Agrippina... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 páginas
...returned, than they have returned to folly with accelerated speed ; fulfilling the old popish distich : " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be : When the devil got well, the, devil a monk was he!" When Struensee, prime minister of Denmark, had been... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1816 - 382 páginas
...unabashed convalescent. " Ye ken, Elshie, for they VOL. I. F say ye are weel acquent with the gentleman, ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.' " '' Thou say'st true," said the Solitary ; " as well... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 páginas
...1649) nulled the proclamation for the observation of the former; all which verifieth the old verses, " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." George Fox, the father of the Quakers, observes upon... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 422 páginas
...the unabashed convalescent. " Ye ken, Elshie, for they say ye are weel acquent wi' the gentleman, ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. ' " " Thou say'st true," said the Solitary ; " as well... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 556 páginas
...invasions are over ; and they have forgotten the vows of their distress ; verifying an old distich, — " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he."t The arbitrary proceedings of the king, but more especially... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 562 páginas
...invasions are over ; and they have forgotten the vows of their distress ; verifying an old distich, — " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he."t The arbitrary proceedings of the king, but more especially... | |
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When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
