 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 482 Seiten
...Proclamation for the obfervation of the former: All which ** verifieth the old Verfes. The Devil was ftck, the Devil a Monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a Monk was he. George Fox, the Father of the Quakers, obferves upon their Wafts in general, (Journal, p. 194. 294... | |
 | John Bell - 1780 - 436 Seiten
...Don't mind h«r, Mr. Hazard, but follow me. Pen. Mr. Hazard. Haz. Madam ! fen. The devil was lick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a «ionk was he. [Exeunt, END of the THIRD ACT. ACT IV. SCENE, Wilding Houfe. Eater Mrs. Wilding and... | |
 | John Bell - 1792 - 332 Seiten
...it. Don't mind her, Mr. Hazard, but follow me. Pen. Mr. Hazard! Haz. Madam! Pen. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well ; the devil a monk was he. [Exeunt. ACT IV. SCENE I. WILDING'* House, Enter Mrs. WILDING and BARNACLE. Barnacle. BUT has not Master... | |
 | Mrs. Pilkington (Mary) - 1793 - 246 Seiten
...difference between the refolutions of a fick man, and. thole of a well man >. you know the proverb." «« The devil was fick — the devil a monk would be ;....The devil was well — the. devil a monk was he.'* And I remember, when my poor old grandfather ufed to grow fick,. he'd betake himfelf to his prayerbook,... | |
 | 1797 - 484 Seiten
...it. Don't mind her, Mr. Hazard, but follow me. Pen. Mr. Hazard! Haz. Madam! Pen. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well ; the devil a monk was he. [Exeunt. ACT IV. SCENE I. WILDING'* House. Enter Mrs. WILDING and BARNACLE. Barnacle. BUT has not Master... | |
 | David Garrick - 1798 - 288 Seiten
...Mr| Wild. I am confident of it don't mind her, Mr t'azard, b'it follow me. Pen. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; ' The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. . [Exeunt. ACT IV. SCENE, WILDING'S muse. Enter Mrs WILDING and BARNACLE. BARNACLE. TT> UT has not... | |
 | 1800 - 702 Seiten
...letter produced his recal ; and from that moment he feems to have dropped all thoughts of the cowl. " The Devil was fick ; the Devil a monk would be ; " The Devil got well : — the Devil a monk was be" Ambition now appears to have taken complete pofleffion of the... | |
 | 1802 - 436 Seiten
...blessing, the restoration of health, than we relapse into all our former follies. The devil was sick— the devil a monk would be. The devil was well— the devil a monk was he. As our seamen are more in the habit of repeating the names of our vessels than other people, it is... | |
 | François Rabelais - 1807 - 412 Seiten
...resolved to make good the Italian proverb, * Passalo il pericolo, £ gabato il santo. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be : The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. CHAP. XXV. MOW, AFTER THE STORM, PAXTAGRUEL WENT OH SHORE IN THE ISLANDS OF THE MACREONS. IMMEDIATELY... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1811 - 244 Seiten
...informed of this, a loving wife cried out with great vehemence, ' Run, husband, run!' Tae Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. a proverb signifying that we are apt to forget promises made in time of distress. To pull the Devil... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
