For the devel ne taketh nat lightly un-to his werkinge swiche as he findeth occupied in gode werkes.
But in swich folk hath the devel power, as seyde the aungel Raphael to Thobie; for in hir assemblinge they putten Iesu Crist out of hir herte, and yeven hem-self to alle ordure.
For right as thedevel is disconfited by humilitee, right so is he wounded to the deeth by love of oure enemy.
Never erst er now herde I of swich matere; 2220 I trowe the devel putte it in his minde.
Now ete your mete, and lat the cherl go pleye, Lat him go honge himself a devel weye!
And for as muchel as thedevel fighteth agayns a man more by queyntise and by sleighte than by strengthe, therfore men shal withstonden him by wit and by resoun and by discrecioun.
The devel made a reve for to preche, And of a souter a shipman or a leche.
Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith; 475 Lat go, fare-wel, thedevel go therwith!
And over alle thing men oghten eschewe to cursen hir children, and yeven to the devel hir engendrure, as ferforth as in hem is; certes, it is greet peril and greet sinne.
An English correspondent visitedDevel in his shop and made certain inquiries of him regarding the case.
Devel had been in Hamburg at the time the crime was committed.
It was suspected that Devel was partly insane and seeking notoriety.
It is not customary for the police to insist that a man who confesses that he is guilty of murder shall prove it, but there were facts known to the police which made them wonder how it was possible for Devel to have killed the woman.
Devel states, among other things, that these are the chief grievances against married life in general, and his wife in particular: She was slender, and became fat and strong.
He was held in custody for weeks, and then the police gave up in despair, and, as Holz had been arrested and had confessed to everything, the release of Devel was ordered.
In view of the fact that she was killed while working in a little open, outdoor kitchen when murdered, the police became satisfied that Devel was not the man, and ordered the pursuit of Holz resumed by all departments.
When he was told that he was free to return home, Devel broke down and begged the police to keep him in prison, to hang him, to poison him, but not to send him home.
Meantime the police of Hamburg got possession of Devel and examined him.
Hugo Devel prefers being hanged to living with his wife.
Devel admits sadly that he had a double purpose in wanting to die on the gallows.
And if thee list here sterven as a wrecche, A-dieu, thedevel spede him that it recche!
Thus wol she seyn, and al the toun at ones, "The wrecche is deed, the devel have his bones!
We see that no man loveth now 5805 But for winning and for prow; And love is thralled in servage Whan it is sold for avauntage; Yit wommen wol hir bodies selle; Suche soules goth to the devel of helle.
How fals eek was he, Theseus; 405 That, as the story telleth us, How he betrayed Adriane; The develbe his soules bane!
But lat him go a devel waye, the compaigny is never the wers; And al suche fals harlotes, I sette not be hem a kers.
For with the prynces of pryde The Prechours dwellen; They ben so digne as the devel That droppeth fro heven, With hartes of heynesse, Whough halwen the cherches, 710 And deleth in devynyte As dogges doth bones.
For thei mesured noght hemself Of that thei ete and dronke, Thei diden dedly synne 9070 That the devel liked, So vengeaunce fil upon hem For hir vile synnes; Thei sonken into helle, The citees echone.
Maragound looking “Go there” she saide “the devel the spede!
And sche began the wode rage, And axeth him what devel he thoghte, And bar on hond that him ne roghte What labour that sche toke on honde, And seith that such an Housebonde Was to a wif noght worth a Stre.
In the date of the devel This dede I ensele, By sighte of Sire Symonie 1110 And Cyvyles leeve.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "devel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
