...acrimony, zeal, and want of argument as ever. — This behaviour reminds me of an old proverb : . " When the devil was sick, The devil a monk would be ; But, when the devil grew well, A SHORT time before the demise of queen Anne, as bishop Burnet was riding slowly in his...

...never prince made, under the circumstances, so ill-judged and injudicious a vow before ! But we know that "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would...But when the devil got well, the devil a monk was he !" However, a vow is a vow, and must be disposed of in some way. What was to be done ? In all such...

...William is very often inclined to become a Catholic, whenever he is unwell. It is the old saying — ' When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be,...when the devil got well, the devil a monk was he.'" " Nay," replied Sir William, " I only listen to your preachments, and admit that you have as much or...

...sick-bed resolution of amendment, to be broken upon the first promise of returning health, for we are told that " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be," but, it is immediately added, that " When the devil got well — the devil a monk was he." " O, Mr. Dapper,"...

...that returns—" "I know the text," he shouted, interrupting me. " But you know the old song :— ' When the devil was sick, The devil a monk would be;...when the devil got well, The devil a monk was he! " Knowing well the foul condition of the weapon he held, and which I had omitted to clean, I put spurs...

...fearfully lax when out in the wicked world. Coleridge ascribes this same tendency to Satan : " Now when the Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be,...when the Devil got well, the Devil a monk was he." If, then, we all live, influenced by our surroundings more than we know, and, breathing in the mental...

...expect us to believe that! Can the leopard change his spots ?" — and so on ; or else, kindly hint, that, — " when the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be : when the devil got well, the devil a monk was he." — Oh yes, I had little doubt what their charitable...

...habitual frame of mind ? There is as much truth as there is exquisite wit in the old couplet — ' When the devil was sick, The devil a monk would be,...when the devil got well The devil a monk was he.' And, surely, in this point of view we see the inexpressible cruelty of this view of probation beyond...

...American people were determined that the old compact should be kept. It is an oft quoted proverb: " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, But when the devil was well, the devil a monk was he!" So when the kings were sick, the kings very kind would be ; but...

...American people were determined that the old compact should be kept. It is an oft quoted proverb : " When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, But when the devil was well, the devil a monk was het" So when the kings were sick, the kings very kind would be; but...