 | 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 658
...look after him a little, boys," said Walter, "and help him keep his good resolutions if we can." " ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he.' " quoted Harwood skeptically. " No, I believe this man is in earnest,"... | |
 | Thomas Edward Bridgett - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...conviction of what he had always taught. There is no more satire on the monks than in the old lines : — When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he. I draw attention, however, to this epigram and the comments of modern... | |
 | 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 918
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 940
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 992
...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... | |
 | William Josephus Robinson - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...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... | |
 | 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 722
...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... | |
 | United States. 61st Congress, 1909-1911. House. [from old catalog] - 1910 - عدد الصفحات: 816
...price of the markets of the South, and that the exchange has thriven under that system. Mr. BURLESON. "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; when the devil was well, a devil of a monk was he." [Laughter.] Mr. MANDELBAUM. Would you have them quote the prices of all... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture - 1910 - عدد الصفحات: 704
...price of the markets of the South, and that the exchange has thriven under that system. Mr. BURLESON. "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; when the devil was well, a devil of a monk was he." [Laughter.] Mr. MANDELBAUM. Would you have them quote the prices of all... | |
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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. 
