 | 1869 - 796 pagine
...about setting up his own ancient idol of carnelian, if he could find it. I whispered to Harrison : " The devil was sick ; the devil a monk would be : the devil got well ; the devil a monk was he." But my friend, with the unshakable affection of a humanitarian for his pets, would not hear a word... | |
 | Alban Butler - 1857 - 950 pagine
...was elapsed, they sent scouts to the city which they had left quite empty, and, hearing that it (1) "The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil no monk was he." (2) S. Ang. Senn. de Escidio Urbis, c. 6, t, vi. p. 627, eiBcn.... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1857 - 530 pagine
...nulled the proclamation for the observation of the former ; all which verifieth the old verses : — " ' The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be. The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.' " George Fox, the father of the Quakers, remarks in his Journal,... | |
 | Gideon Haynes - 1857 - 60 pagine
...quite near. ***** SAM'L 0. MEAD, 'Change Avenue." Mr. President, this reminds me of the old song:— " The devil was sick, The devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, * The devil a monk was he." So it seems when Mr. Mead has land to sell, he has good schools... | |
 | 1860 - 270 pagine
...maintenance of the great Democratic party North. It la no trouble for a man to be a saint in Heaven. " When the devil was sick. The devil a monk would be : The devil pot well, But devil a monk was he." (Great laughter.) We, the Democracy of the South, are mere carpetknights.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1860 - 250 pagine
...maintenance of the great Democratic party North. It is no trouble for a man to be a saint in Heaven. " When the devil was sick. The devil a, monk would be : The devil pt well, But devil a monk was he." (Great laughter.) * I I 1 11 We, the Democracy of the South, are... | |
 | 1861 - 258 pagine
...not princes who ride with the emperor' (Dutch).' The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil grew well, the devil a monk was he ! 9 " All criminals turn preachers when they are under the gallows... | |
 | A. B. Blackie - 1861 - 376 pagine
...hands, and his recovery was scarcely complete when he had resorted to his old pernicious habits. " The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be : The devil grew well, the devil a monk was he.* One morning he waited upon his brother, and told him that he was... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1870 - 810 pagine
...Byand-by the man gets well. Then the bitter old adage is exemplified — - The devil wae 11l, the dertl a monk would be; The devil got well, the devil a monk was he.' His gratitude cools at the exact point when convalescence should cause it to culminate. He forgets... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pagine
...and between each capital is a period, so that the reader is for some time puzzled to make it out.] The devil was sick, the .devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. RARELAIS.— Vol. II. Book IV. Chap. XXIV. DEVOTION.— With devotion's... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
