 | William Biggs - 1755 - 472 páginas
...at Mttz \ to which the two following Lines were humoroufly adapted. : < *' When the Devil was fkk, the Devil a Monk " would be ; - • " When the Devil was well, the Devil a Monk «« was he." IN this Situation I (hall leave the Affairs of Germany this Campaign, and take the Tour of Italy. FRANCE... | |
 | 1794 - 484 páginas
...winter distress; but when the sun and summer of plenty returns, I shall shed my coat like a colt. " When the devil was ill, the devil a monk would be;...When the devil was well, the devil a monk -was he.** [ Extant. SCENE II — A Convent. Enter ABBESS Abbess. Only, daughter, consider to what temptation... | |
 | Samuel Foote - 1799 - 460 páginas
...winter diftrefs ; but when the fun and fummer of plenty returns, I fiiull fhed my coat like a colt. " When the devil was ill, the devil a monk would be...When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." [Exeunt. [The fceoes at the convent fucceeded, as in the Trip to Calais; and the ait ended with no... | |
 | 1806 - 448 páginas
...This is good advice, hut we cannot help recollecting that " When the devil was sick The devil a msnk would be; When the devil was well, The devil a monk was he." FROM THE PERRONIANA. " I observed one day to the duke of Mantua, who said the jester whom he retained... | |
 | sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 páginas
...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 of Nero, but it has derived... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 páginas
...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 of Nero, but it has derived... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 páginas
...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 of Nero, but it has derived... | |
 | Samuel Foote - 1809 - 578 páginas
...winter diftrefs; but when the fun and fummer of plenty returns, I fhall fhed my coat like a colt. " When the devil was ill , the devil a monk would be...When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he." [Exeunt. • [I7;efcenes at tk* Convent fucceeded, as in the The Trip to Calais ; and the Afl ended... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1816 - 378 páginas
...ken, Elshie, for they vOL. I. F say ye are weel acquent with ^ye gentfeman, * 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 wolf from his appetite for carnage, or... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 páginas
...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 in general, " That both in the time... | |
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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. 
