 | Allan Ramsay - 1815 - 194 pagine
...that's first up gels the first o' the dewu The dorty dame may fa.' i' the dirt. The deil bides his day. The deil was sick, the deil a monk wad be, The deil grew hale, syne deil a monk was he. The dcil's ay guid to his ain. The dcii's bahns hae deil's luck. The deil's guid when he's pleas'd.... | |
 | 1817 - 336 pagine
...falls so shall it lie. 32grotat Damon monachus tune esse volebat : Daman convaluit Damon vt ante fuit. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be? The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. Thither as I would go I can go late, Thither as I would not go I know not the gate. No more inorter... | |
 | John Dunton - 1818 - 824 pagine
...fever, he made great protestations how good he would be if God would please to restore him ; but, " The Devil was sick, the Devil a Monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a Monk was he." After his recovery, he turned Projector, and then Pictureseller, and then Rake-hell ; and, I hear,... | |
 | John Dunton - 1818 - 460 pagine
...fever, he made great protestations how good he would be if God would please to restore him ; but, " The Devil was sick, the Devil a Monk would be;' The Devil was well, the Devil a Monk was he." After his recovery, he turned Projector, and then Pictureseller, and then Rake-hell ; and, I hear,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 366 pagine
...1649,) nulled the proclamation for the observation of the former: all which verineth 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, observes upon their fasts in (Journal, p. 194, 294.) " That... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1820 - 848 pagine
...restored, than he forgets his resolution, and returns to his former coarse of life. The devil was ill, The devil a monk would be, The devil was well, The devil a monk was he. In the apartment of Adeline the governess recovered from her disaster, and Leopold hastened to meet... | |
 | Francis Grose, Pierce Egan - 1823 - 342 pagine
...heaven ; on being informed of this, a loving wife cried out, with great vehemence, 'Run, husband, run!' The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he ; a proverb signifying that we are apt to forget promises made in time of distress. To pull the Devil... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1823 - 342 pagine
...of this, a loving wife cried out, with great vehemence, ' Run, husband, run !' The Devil was tick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he ; a proverb signifying that we are apt to forget promises made in time of distress. To pull the Devil... | |
 | John Wade - 1824 - 258 pagine
...speak. A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, v Are always in good season. — CARDINAL WOLSEY. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. It would make a man scratch where it doth not itch, To see a man live poor, to die rich. The Inner... | |
 | 1825 - 384 pagine
...addunedu llawer yn eu hadfyd, eithr yn anghofioV cwbl yn eu bawddfyd ; yn ol esampl y diafol yn y chwedl: The devil was sick, The devil a monk would be: The devil was well, The devil a monk was he. Y diawl yn glaf, Y diawl ai'n saut heb ble; Y diawl yn iach, Diawl sant nis byddai fe. PEN. XX. Casglttidan... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
