 | George Alfred Townsend - 1886 - 590 страници
...dangerous, I'll make my way to Nelly's soon, and she has promised to marry me. How true it is that — ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he ! ' " As Lloyd Quantrell reached the city, the drums of the two great... | |
 | John Bird Finch - 1888 - 312 страници
...liquors. The statement is one being urged by liquor men in all parts of the stata One is reminded that "When the Devil was sick The Devil a monk would be;...When the Devil was well, The Devil a monk was he!" The statement, as I said, is false, but if it were true I would vote for the amendment. If a rattlesnake... | |
 | Carl Theodor Eben - 1890 - 530 страници
...too late to mend. No risk, no gain. Necessity knows no law. Where there is a will, there is a way. When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be;...when the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. ©je ergriffen tíjn mit ©etoolt. ©te (amen Siner nadj bem ЯпЬсга. ®r lebte für fief» aitón.... | |
 | 1890 - 526 страници
...wants as little civil service reform as possible: the party not in power wants a great deal of it. "When the devil was sick. The devil a monk would be; When the devil got well. The devil a monk was he." Politicians want reform when they are politically sick. Aftera... | |
 | 1908 - 918 страници
...Or to use the words of a profane writer, possibly more familiar to some than the inspired prophet : "When the devil was sick, The devil a monk would be...When the devil was well, The devil a monk was he." The saloon is essentially bad. Its reformation is an impossibility. The only good saloon is a dead... | |
 | 1908 - 940 страници
...as a whole presented a solid front to every movement for their elimination - It a the old story: — When the devil was sick, The devil a monk would be ; When the devil got well The devil a monk was he. Just now, the devil is sick; and the remedy which suggests itself... | |
 | William Josephus Robinson - 1909 - 524 страници
...cynical of men, did they permit the psychology of the ill to distort their general views of mankind. "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be...when the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." When Caesar was sick, a mollycoddle mayhap was he ; when Caesar was well, hell's scourge in sooth was... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1909 - 992 страници
...cap, Shake at each nod that her caprice shall dictate. Old Play. Chap. XLIV. IV. FROM THE BLACK DWARF. WHEN the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be,...When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. Chap. vi. MOTTOES. So spak the knicht ; the geaunt sed — • Lead forth with the the sely maid, And... | |
 | 1909 - 472 страници
...cynical of men, did they permit the psychology of the ill to distort their general views of mankind. "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be...when the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." When Caesar was sick, a mollycoddle mayhap was he ; when Csesar was well, hell's scourge in sooth was... | |
 | Northeastern Dental Association - 1910 - 722 страници
...seem to appreciate the blessings which the dental profession confers upon us. There is an old adage, "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be...: when the devil was well, the devil a monk was he !" When we have no pains in our jaws and everything is working well, we do not think much of our dental... | |
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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. 
