 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pagine
...knoweth not how the other half liveth. Book ii. CA. 32, ad fin. I'll go his halves. Book iv. CA. 23. The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. Boot iv. CA. 24. THOMAS TUSSER. f 1523-1580. FIVE HUNDRED POINTS... | |
 | 1875 - 466 pagine
...occurs in Campbell's Pleasure of Hope, (1799) Part I. To Rabelais, (1483-1553) is accredited the couplet "The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." It is found in Rabelais's Works, Vol. II, Book IV, Ch. 24. "Better... | |
 | Ida Reinsberg-Düringsfeld (baronin von) - 1875 - 664 pagine
...duivel ziek is, wil hij heremiet worden. Wenn der Teufel krank ist, will er Einsiedler werden. en. The devil was sick , the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he! Der Teufel war krank, der Teufel wollt' ein Mönch »ein,- 73er... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1875 - 646 pagine
...Passato el pencólo, gabbato el santo.'* He is resolved to make good the Lombnrdic proverb : — " The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk wa» he." RACINE. BORN AD 1630— DIED AD 1099. JEAN RACINE, a celebrated... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 318 pagine
...recovered his health, he forgot to subscribe for " The Navvy's Home," and the scheme fell to the ground. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be : The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." CHAPTER XIV. HEALTHY HOMES. " The heat security for civilization... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pagine
...Ibid., Merchant of Venice. — The DEVIL hath power to assume a pleasing shape. Ibid., Hamlet. — The DEVIL was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. RARELAIS. — God never had a church but there, men say, The DEVIL... | |
 | Where, Who - 1878 - 186 pagine
...Alarm. The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. SHAKSPEAEE, The Merchant of Venice, act i. sc. 3. The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. Rabelais. The divine Milton. WORDSWORTH, The Excursion, bk. i. The... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1878 - 480 pagine
...Calamity or Sickness, then I betake myself to Philosophy, etc. 129 This recalls the noted distich : "The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." The Comedian ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 Terence. That expression... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1878 - 506 pagine
...Sickness, then I betake myself to Philosophy, etc. ... ... ... 129 This recalls the noted distich : "The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." Tlie Comedian ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 That expression of the... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - 1879 - 506 pagine
...him, and sets out upon his travels. As soon as his back is turned, Alexis realizes the old distich : " The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil got well, the devil a monk was he." He recovers his health instantaneously, and celebrates his father's departure by getting very drunk... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
