Europe, and in peaceful possession of all the estates and dominions belonging to it: unless, by divine providence, what is got over the devil's back, is spent under his belly; or the goods which they unjustly get, perish with their prodigal heirs. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane - 220 ÆäÀÌÁöÀúÀÚ: Alain René Le Sage - 1822Àüüº¸±â - µµ¼ Á¤º¸
| William Cobbett - 1801 - 586 ÆäÀÌÁö
...delicious civil war with a few thousand dollars. It is an old saying, and all old sayings are true ; that what is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly ; and so it happened with this debt. The givers and the receivers were just of a stamp, and one had... | |
| 1802 - 436 ÆäÀÌÁö
...What is got on the back ol Malen1 s horse, will soon be spent under his belly." The English proverb, " what is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly," is evidently derived from this ancient legend. The proverbial expression, " The black ox never trod... | |
| François Rabelais - 1807 - 388 ÆäÀÌÁö
...peaceful possession of all the estates and dominions belonging to it : unless, by divine providence, what is got over the devil's back, is spent under his belly - or the goods which they unjustly get, perish with their prodig.il heirs. Take this from an honest... | |
| Giuseppe Baretti - 1809 - 552 ÆäÀÌÁö
...— ' Prov. Lo qve el rio altega, el rio h lietii) what the river gathers, the river carries away. What is got over the devil's back, is spent under his belly. — Prov. 2uant'j el rio no hact rttitfo, 6 rio linn ttvitff, d va mtty ctetitfo when the river makes... | |
| 1823 - 404 ÆäÀÌÁö
...no lo Ileva. — " What runs into the river, the river carries away." — Corresponding with ours, " What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly." Lo que en el capillo se toma, con la mortqja se dexa. " What is acquired in our infancy is lost in... | |
| William Henry Pyne - 1825 - 376 ÆäÀÌÁö
...Ha-ha-ha, the honest old tapster gave me a purse ; an old debt, said he. Well done old true-penny, what is got over the devil's back, is spent under his belly, says the adage. We will have a right royal spree to night,-—why not ! — and be as merry as the... | |
| William Henry Pyne - 1825 - 762 ÆäÀÌÁö
...Ha-ha-ha, the honest old tapster gave me a purse ; an old debt, said he. Well done old true-penny, what is got over the devil's back, is spent under his belly, says the adage. We will have a right royal spree to night, — why not ! — and be as merry as the... | |
| Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1826 - 958 ÆäÀÌÁö
...is forgotten. You can expect nothing of a cat but her skin. Hiive nothing to do with demure people. What is got over the devil's back, is spent under his belly. It is belter to go round tlie stream than drown in crossing. Intreaties to sing then a request to desist.... | |
| 1829 - 286 ÆäÀÌÁö
...be rich. But whether Magdelaine (as I know) was not mercenary, or whether as the old proverb goes, " What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly," Magdelaine died in 1812, a^.the hospital of Ardres, poor, but true to her flag: but two years more,... | |
| Eugène François Vidocq - 1829 - 284 ÆäÀÌÁö
...be rich. But whether Magdelaine (as I know) was not mercenary, or whether as the old proverb goes, " What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly," Magdelaine died in 1812, at the hospital of Ardres, poor, but true to her flag : but two years more,... | |
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