 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1835 - 698 頁
...Robert Peel) to the prince of darkness; but 1 cannot help reminding the House of an old couplet— " The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be ; The devil got well, the devil a saint was he.'' I will forget for a moment the particular concerns and interests... | |
 | William West - 1837 - 256 頁
...dangerons fever, hemade great protestations how good he wo*ld be if God would please to restore him ; but, " The Devil was sick, the Devil a Saint would...be; The Devil was well, the Devil a Saint was he." After his recovery, he turned Projector, and then Picture seller, and then Rake-hell ; and, I hear,... | |
 | William Francis Lynch - 1851 - 322 頁
...upon God to forgive and spare him, promising, if his prayers were heard, to lead a different life ; but, " The devil was sick, the devil a saint would...be, The devil was well, the devil a saint was he." He recovered, and as if ashamed of what he seemed to consider a weakness, became worse than ever, and... | |
 | Brewin Grant - 1851 - 124 頁
...philosophy when they wish to retain their monopoly of Catholic eyes and ears. According to that proverb, " The Devil was sick, The Devil a saint would be ; The Devil grew well, The devil a saint was he." The penitent priest adopts, in his extremity, Protestant diet,... | |
 | Walter Frederick Campbell - 1863 - 376 頁
...of his reformation, he was ordered out to carry a candle and march in the rear of the procession. " The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be, The devil got well, the devil a saint was he " — held good in this instance, for the same evening Cross saw... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 頁
...Toetaiter. DEVIATION. ' To what gulfs A single deviation from the track Of human duties leads. Byron. DEVIL. The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be ; The devil was well, the devil a saint was he. Rabelais, Tv 24. The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape. Sh. Eam. n. 2. He will give the devil... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1875 - 408 頁
...recovered his health, he forgot to subscribe for " The Navvy's Home," and the scheme fell to the ground. " The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be : The devil grew well, the devil a saint was he." CHAPTEE XV. HEALTHY HOMES. " The best security for civilization... | |
 | 1876 - 458 頁
...Reform in order to gaiu ascendency. Bat the American people remember the trite adage that when — "The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be; The devil got well, the devil a saint was he." Now no man can put his finger on a single project of reform that... | |
 | Alfred John Carpenter - 1877 - 382 頁
...simple prevention. The educated sanitary adviser must nevertheless be prepared for disappointment. " The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be ; The devil was well, the devil a saint was he." This is quite true of men, as it is reported to have been of the so-called Prince of the Dark Regions.... | |
 | Emma Dent - 1877 - 528 頁
...Winchcombe, in the thirteenth century, we may perhaps find the origin of those well-known lines : — " The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be, The devil got well, the devil a saint was he ! " Then there was a dispute between the Abbot of Winchcombe and... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a saint would be ; The devil was well, the devil a saint was he. 
