 | Henry Robert Addison - 1838 - 648 pagine
...while the iron is hot, or he may get well and grow fierce again; for according to the English lines " The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be, " The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he I ! 214 THE ROUfi. " But I forgot. Have you a passport?" Armande disgusted at his levity, merely bowed... | |
 | William Joseph Walter - 1840 - 404 pagine
...Henry, written jointly to the cardinal, confirms the statement in the text.—See Appendu, No. 1. t The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil grew well—the devil a monk was he! pains therewith. I must require you, in the meantime, to accept... | |
 | Alban Butler - 1845 - 272 pagine
...dangerous occasions of temptations. (1) S. Aug. Serm. de Excidio Urbis, c. 6. t. 6. p. 627. ed Ben. • The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil no monk was he. FEBRUARY XX. SS. TYRANNIC, BISHOP OF TYRE, ZENOBIUS AND OTHERS, MARTYRS IN PHOENICIA,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 574 pagine
...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... | |
 | François Rabelais - 1849 - 594 pagine
...a half. He is resolved to make good the Lombardic proverb, Passato el pericolo,' gabbato elsanto.3 The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. Ot CHAP. XVIII. ity1 THE six FOLLOWING. —These chapters contain a description of a dreadful storm,... | |
 | 1884 - 668 pagine
...one or two other hymns which, like this, have been ascribed to Marvell. ATR MURRAY.— The lines, " The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he," are in the translation of Rabelais by Urquhart and Motteux, lib. iv. rh. 24. They do not occur in the... | |
 | 1897 - 560 pagine
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 | 1894 - 664 pagine
...guilt defiled, That from the aged father tears the child; A murderous fiend, &c. GSM The devil was ill, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. WM. GRAHAM P. PIOOTT. " Hampstead is a pretty place, I own, and has some тегу good [or fa¡r] prospecte;... | |
 | 1884 - 672 pagine
...one or two other hymns which, like this, have been ascribed to Marvel!. ATR MURRAY.— The lines, " The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he," are in the translation of Rabelais by Urquhart and Mptteux, lib. iv. i-li. 24. They do not occur in... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
