| 1848 - 544 страници
...illness and feebleness which his debaucheries have occasioned, thus illustrating the old proverb, — " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be,...When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." He has almost constantly by him a choice coterie of boon companions, ranging from the elegant libertine... | |
| Samuel Lover - 1851 - 246 страници
...CHAPTER XXIX. SHOWING HOW LIKE A GENTLEMAN A TINKER IS WHEN HE THINKS HE IS DYING. " When the He vil was sick, the devil a monk would be. When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." To account for the presence of Regan in the glen of the Folly at this time, it becomes necessary to... | |
| Walter Scott - 1852 - 442 страници
...bonny bay again." " And all those promises of amendment which you made during your illness forgotten ?" continued Elshender. " All clear away, with the water-saps...gentleman, When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would IK', When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." " Thou sa/st true," said the Solitary ; " as... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1852 - 438 страници
...bonny bay again." " Aud all those promises of amendment which you made during your illness forgotten ?" continued Elshender. " All clear away, with the water-saps...gentleman, When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would !«•. When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." " Thou sa/st true," said the Solitary ;... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 424 страници
...illness and feebleness which his debaucheries have occasioned, thus illustrating the old proverb, — "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.'1 He has almost constantly by him a choice coterie of boon companions, ranging from the elegant... | |
| 1858 - 416 страници
...before, yet, generally speaking, the fit of devotion was of no longer duration than the phenomena. " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be...When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he" — might apply very well to the history of these conversions. The following descriptions by eye-witnesses... | |
| 1858 - 414 страници
...before, yet, generally speaking, the fit of devotion was of no longer duration than the phenomena. "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be...When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he" — might apply very well to the history of these conversions. The following descriptions by eye-witnesses... | |
| Alonzo Ames Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Alonzo Amos Miner, Abel Charles Thomas - 1858 - 410 страници
...strife his bedroom philosophy disparages. I do not forget the distich ; — " When the devil was ill, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." The other, on the contrary, thinks, no, feels — except in those pauses of which we spoke, when certain... | |
| Universalist Church of America. General Convention - 1858 - 388 страници
...strife his bedroom philosophy disparages. I do not forget the distich ; — " When the devil was ill, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." The other, on the contrary, thinks, no, feels — except in those pauses of which we spoke, when certain... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1859 - 852 страници
...amendment which you made during your illness forgotten !" continued Elshender. " All clear away, with tho water-saps and panada," returned the unabashed convalescent....be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was lie.' " " Thou say 'st true," said the Solitary ; " as well divide a wolf from his appetite for carnage,... | |
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