 | 124 Seiten
...it is incontestable thnt he wai their unrelenting enemy. But did he die as he had lived I When t*e devil was sick, the devil a saint would be, When the devil was well, the devil a saint was he. Waa Henry Hetherington "sick'" a saint and Henry Hetherington "well"... | |
 | John Rutherfurd Russell - 1861 - 546 Seiten
...himself well and comfortable, the doctor claimed his stipulated fee ; but — " When the devil was ill, the devil a saint would be ; When the devil got well, the devil a saint was he ; " and the churchman refused to pay more than the usual sum for a doctor's visit. Upon this, Paracelsus... | |
 | 1864 - 780 Seiten
...conveyed in the well-known lines concerning the piety of a certain personage : " When the devil was ill the devil a saint would be : When the devil got well the devil a saint was he." Whilst men are actually ill or in danger they will pay not unwillingly the fee, or leave it to be inferred... | |
 | 1866 - 672 Seiten
...on his way rejoicing, but only to furnish another example of the truth of the old proverb, that— When the devil was sick, the devil a saint would be...When the devil got well, the devil a saint was he! Leave him, and assure him at the same time that the nasty rod is going to be burnt, and see how he... | |
 | A. Resident there - 1868 - 374 Seiten
...the way of ladies' dress ; but many of them remind you of the old couplet, — " When the devil fell sick, the devil a saint would be ; When the devil got well, the devil a saint was he ;" for they are so fashionably made that you would never discover they were habits at all ; and the... | |
 | C. A. Chardenal - 1870 - 354 Seiten
...la prière de. je vous prie de (faire). un coup de désespoir. entre la poire et le fromage. de vil a saint would be ; when the devil got well, the devil a saint was he, talk of the devil, and he appears, diamond eut diamond, tit for tat, were I to die for it, the die... | |
 | C. A. Chardenal - 1872 - 340 Seiten
...desire of, it is my desire that you (do), a desperate attempt, at dessert, it is the devil rebuking sin, when the devil was sick, the devil a saint would be...when the devil got well, the devil a saint was he, talk of the devil, and he appears, diamond cut diamond, tit for tat, were I to die for it, the die... | |
 | George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke (13th Earl of), George Henry Kingsley - 1872 - 332 Seiten
...of his conversion was sent home by the pleased missionary to their magazine at home. Alas, alas ! " When the devil was sick, the devil a saint would be...When the devil got well, the devil a saint was he !" Soon, too soon, he relapsed into his evil courses, and the account of his repentance in the missionary... | |
 | 1873 - 914 Seiten
...reformation which she had made to the judge only a couple of hours before ! " When the devil was eick, the devil a saint would be; When the devil got well, the devil a saint was he." And so it was with the unfortunate victim of alcohol I had enlisted in my service. She was far from... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1873 - 476 Seiten
...left. ANONYMOUS. ^Egrotat Daemon, monachus tune esse volebat, Daemon convaluit, Daemon ut ante fuit — When the Devil was sick, the Devil a saint would be,...When the Devil got well, the Devil a saint was he. Benefacta male locata, malefacta arbitror (Cicero) — Praise undeserved is satire in disguise. Casta... | |
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When the devil was sick, the devil a saint would be; When the devil got well, the devil a saint was he. 
