...and I said if I could only get home lo England I would be a different man. You know the old lines, " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." So, my friends, when I got well again it was only to be worse instead of...

...sackcloth and ashes? The moral at least remains for men, and has been cleverly rendered in a distich : " When the Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; When the Devil got well, the devil a monk was he." THE CAPTIVE. DISGUISE thyself as thon wilt, still, Slavery, still...

...dangerous, I'll make my way to Nelly's soon, and she has promised to marry me. How true it is that — ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he ! ' " As Lloyd Quantrell reached the city, the drums of the two great...

...liquors. The statement is one being urged by liquor men in all parts of the stata One is reminded that "When the Devil was sick The Devil a monk would be; When the Devil was well, The Devil a monk was he!" The statement, as I said, is false, but if it were true I would vote for...

...too late to mend. No risk, no gain. Necessity knows no law. Where there is a will, there is a way. When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; when the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. ©je ergriffen tíjn mit ©etoolt. ©te (amen Siner nadj bem ЯпЬсга....

...wants as little civil service reform as possible: the party not in power wants a great deal of it. "When the devil was sick. The devil a monk would be; When the devil got well. The devil a monk was he." Politicians want reform when they are politically sick. Aftera...

...to the church which had given him help in the hour of suffering. The old proverb recognized this : When the Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; When the Devil was well, the devil a monk was he. The earliest known hospital for the sick was founded in the latter part of...

...conviction of what he had always taught. There is no more satire on the monks than in the old lines : — When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he. I draw attention, however, to this epigram and the comments of modern...

...look after him a little, boys," said Walter, "and help him keep his good resolutions if we can." " ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he.' " quoted Harwood skeptically. " No, I believe this man is in earnest,"...

...which could possibly be made in town or country. It rominda one of these lines :— When the Dovil was sick, the Devil a monk would be; When the Devil was well, the devil a monk was he. The honourable gentlemen opposite when they were in power did not attempt...