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 | John Ray - 1768 - 586 sidor
...Mgrotat D<emon monachus ty.nc effe -volebat : Daemon convaluit Daemon ut ante fuit. The Devil was fick, the Devil a monk would be> The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. Thither as I would go I can go late, Thither as I would not go I Know not the gate. No more morter... | |
 | John Bell - 1780 - 436 sidor
...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 sidor
...I am confident of 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 sidor
...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 sidor
...I am confident of 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 sidor
...success of my folly. 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... | |
 | 1802 - 436 sidor
...ardently-desired 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 sidor
...a half. He is 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 sidor
...on being 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 sidor
...the old verses, *' When the devil was sick, tlie devil a monk would be; When the devil was well, tiic devil a monk was he." George Fox, the father of the quakers, observes upon their fasts in general, " that both in the time of the Long Parliament, and of Ihe Protector so called, and of the... | |
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