 | Sidney John Hervon Herrtage - 1879 - 612 pagine
...Lat. texts] drfuncii. p. 271, 1. 11. [Hazlitt, Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, under the proverb " The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he," gives the usual Latin form — " Agrotat Daemon, monachal tune este volebat ; Conralmt Dtemon, tails... | |
 | Sidney John Hervon Herrtage - 1879 - 610 pagine
...texts] defuncti. p. 271, 1. 11. 11 [i•...in, Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, under the proverb " The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he," gives the usual Latin form— " Agrotat Desman, monachat t1me etie volebat; Contain 11 Diemon, talis... | |
 | John Sherman - 1879 - 664 pagine
...bv deficiency bills. It is the old demagogical trick of a party in opposition wishing to gain power. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was ha» It is easy to cut down appropriations, but this is not always retrenchment. A man might retrench... | |
 | Sidney John Hervon Herrtage - 1879 - 610 pagine
...Lat. texts] defuncti. p. 271, 1. 11. [Hazlitt, Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, under the proverb " The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, ihe Devil a monk was he," gives the usual Latin form — " Agrotat Dœmon, monachus tune este volebat... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Parsons Brainard Cogswell - 1880 - 540 pagine
...they can recall, and making all sorts of rash reformatory promises. It is the old story over again : The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. This reminds us that Naples is a city of churches, having upwards of 300, and yet there is not one... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1881 - 314 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 best security for civilization is the dwelling." — B. DISRAELI.... | |
 | Missouri Bar Association - 1915 - 274 pagine
...— for instance: Rabelais libeled his satanic majesty himself if he falsely wrote his famous lines: "The devil was sick — the devil a monk would be; The devil was well — the devil a monk was lie." Both must face a jury if either side calls for one and for both the jury are, under our constitution,... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - 1894 - 148 pagine
...necessary to our comfortable existence. You remember the witty couplet of Rabelais : The Devil was ill, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the devil a monk was he. This is only formulating in poetic phrase the great truth that a man,s feelings and beliefs are usually... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 pagine
...&• Quiche Answeres, ed. Berthelet, No. 28 (Old English Itst-Boohs, i.) The devil take the hindmost. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. .iCgrotat Daemon, monachus tune esse volebat : Daemon convaluit, Daemon ut ante fuit. This saying concludes... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
