‘I shall never refuse a fair offer,’ said the poverty-stricken guest; ‘and I will say that for the English, if they were deils, that they are a ceeveleesed people to gentlemen that are under a cloud.’ ❋ Unknown (2008)
Madame started, while Archie murmured ‘Puir deils.’ ❋ Unknown (2003)
Horror whaur it stood; the auld, deid, desecrated corp o 'the witch-wife, sae lang keepit frae the grave and hirsled round by deils, lowed up like a brunstane spunk and fell in ashes to the grund; the thunder followed, peal on dirling peal, the rairing rain upon the back ❋ Joseph Lewis French (1897)
Sadie Kate has been acting like a little deil -- do they have feminine deils? ❋ Jean Webster (1896)
Madame started, while Archie murmured 'Puir deils.' ❋ Fergus Hume (1895)
An 'at that moment the Lord's ain hand out o' the heevens struck the Horror whaur it stood; the auld, deid, desecrated corp o 'the witch-wife, sae lang keepit frae the grave and hirselled round by deils, lowed up like a brunstane spunk and fell in ashes to the grund; the thunder followed, peal on dirling peal, the rairing rain upon the back ❋ Various (1878)
Mrs. Flockhart, '' replied the ensign, ` ` we're young blude, ye ken; and young saints, auld deils. '' ❋ Unknown (1877)
If there's folk ashore, there's folk in the sea -- deid they may be, but they're folk whatever; and as for deils, there's nane that's like the sea deils. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)
Horror whaur it stood; the auld, deid, desecrated corp o 'the witch-wife, sae lang keepit frae the grave and hirsled round by deils, lowed up like ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)
There's no sae muckle harm in the land deils, when a's said and done. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)
But there's deils in the deep sea would yoke on a communicant! ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)
And the deils pu'd the strings doon yon'er in hell; ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"Ow, deed maybe, sir! but e'en the deils themsels war justifeed i 'their objection to bein' committed to their ain company afore their time." ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"It's a sair peety, doobtless," she said, "'at there sud be sae mony drouthie thrapples i' the kingdom, sir; but drouth maun drink, an 'ye ken, sir, gien it war hauden frae them, they wad but see deils an' cut their throts." ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
-- I say it'll just be dammin 'them afore their time, like the puir deils. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"They're like to see deils ony gait er 'lang," retorted the minister, relapsing into the vernacular for a moment. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
Dal answered that he did not wonder a bit at that, for the young spark was the third in a direct line who had all been children of adultery; and it was well known that all such were born half-deils themselves, and nothing was more likely than that they should hold intercourse with their fellows. ❋ James Hogg (1802)
At the lint-swinglings, they said questions round; and read chapters, and sang hymns at bridals; auld and young prayed in their dreams, an 'prophesied in their sleep, till the deils in the farrest nooks o' Hell were alarmed, and moved to commotion. ❋ James Hogg (1802)
I declare I trembled at the auld hag's ravings, but the lave o 'the kimmers applauded the sayings as sacred truths. An' then Lucky went on: 'There are many wolves in sheep's claithing, among us, my man; mony deils aneath the masks o' zealous professors, roaming about in kirks and meetinghouses o 'the land. ❋ James Hogg (1802)
Mrs. Flockhart, 'replied the ensign,' we're young blude, ye ken; and young saints, auld deils. ' ❋ Walter Scott (1801)
