 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Hall (of Chorley.) - 1825 - 36 pagine
...conciliation — if ever it existed — fled ! The flag of defiance was immediately hoisted — . " The Devil was sick — the Devil a monk would be : " The Devil got well — the devil a monk was he !" Just so with Harrison ! — Acting in concert with my fellow... | |
 | Alexander Kilgour (M.D.) - 1825 - 234 pagine
...twenty-four hours he was the same freethinking, thankless dog as ever ; thus verifying the old distich, " The devil was sick — the devil a monk would be—- The devil got well— the devil a monk was he." As there was a thick fog in the air, Mr. Benson resolved to lay... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pagine
...affliction, a vow ; in the time of prosperity, an inundation ; or a greater increase of wickedness." The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. His philosophical judgement could never acquire a single rule of English syntax, and orthography proved... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
