 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 Seiten
...returned, than they have returned to folly with accelerated speed j fulfilling the eld popish distich: " When the Devil was sick, the Devil a Monk would be..." When the Devil got well, the devil a Monk was he !" * ( «d by his Sovereign for certain misdemeanors of which he had been guilty, he was brought from... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 Seiten
...conduct which you promise to do whilst you are labouring under a fit of the gravel, gout, or stone." When the Devil was sick The Devil a Monk would be ; When the Devil was well The Devil a Monk was he. This city is celebrated for having given birth to Agrippina the mother... | |
 | sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 Seiten
...conduct which you promise to do whilst you are labouring under a fit of the gravel, gout, cw stone." When the Devil was sick • The Devil a monk- would be ;: "When the Devil was well The devil a monk was he. This city is celebrated for having given birth to Agrippina the mother... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 Seiten
...conduct which you promise to do whilst you are labouring under a fit of the gravel, gout, or stone." When the Devil was sick The Devil a Monk would be ; When the Devil was well The Devil a Monk was he. This city is celebrated for having given birth to Agrippina the mother... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 Seiten
...returned, than they have returned to folly with accelerated speed ; fulfilling the old popish distich : " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be...When the devil got well, the, devil a monk was he!" When Struensee, prime minister of Denmark, had been disgraced and imprisoned for certain misdemeanors... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1816 - 382 Seiten
...unabashed convalescent. " Ye ken, Elshie, for they VOL. I. F say ye are weel acquent with the gentleman, ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.' " '' Thou say'st true," said the Solitary ; " as well divide a... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 Seiten
...1649) nulled the proclamation for the observation of the former; all which verifieth the old verses, " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." George Fox, the father of the Quakers, observes upon their fasts... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1869 - 1112 Seiten
...fright, and they thereupon commenced to make promises of instant amendment. " When the devil waa aick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he." The society went over to Ireland officially in order to hold a court in the City of Derry — an event... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1868 - 1110 Seiten
...murder of a policeman at Manchester and the explosion at Clerkenwell had made them a little afraid. " When the devil was sick the devil a monk would be ; When the devil was well the devil a monk was he." These lines very well expressed the policy of this country towards... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 422 Seiten
...the unabashed convalescent. " Ye ken, Elshie, for they say ye are weel acquent wi' the gentleman, ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. ' " " Thou say'st true," said the Solitary ; " as well divide a... | |
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When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
