 | John Ray - 1768 - 586 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...that both in the time of the Long Parliament, and of Ihe Protector so called, and of the Committee of Safely, when they proclaimed fasts, they were commonly... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
