| 单词 | like the devil |
| 例句 | It’s been a particularly hot past few months here in Louisiana, but today it feels like the devil came up out of his grave. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z And then it’s almost like the devil takes over her body. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “In that case,” Emma said, “run like the devil’s after you.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z My father says the summer heat in Florida is like the devil’s oven, and that’s about right. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Successful persuasion depends on an audience’s being able to identify with the speaker—and we are much more often like the devil than we are like the Almighty. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Finally the door opens, and Kalinda stands on her porch above me like she wants to know who in the world could possibly be shouting like the devil. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We run like the devil from the Border Patrol shouting shouting. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he’s playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If he would’ve let go of my arm for just one second I would’ve run like the devil was chasing me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z When I first made varsity, one of the upperclassmen put it like this: Coach Ellerly blows a whistle like the devil calling souls down to hell. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I should be dressed like the devil in honor of that guy.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I had a teacher who was more like the devil once, Tiago said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Velma, is this the hooligan who had access to your so-called elixir? More like the devil’s brew if you ask me. Is that the kind of thing you concoct in your chemistry class?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I got back into the robe he had given me, and he began sewing like the devil was breathing down his neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The aircraft’s final pass pulled all the litter of their lunch out into the field, brown crusts and brown paper fluttering in the blue smoke like the devil’s confetti. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I was just starting to feel grateful that he was here when he booked out of here like the devil was chasing him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Roaring down the road like the devil hisself is on their tail. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Knowing your mother, though,” he glances into the house, “she’s going to fight it like the devil.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His voice slows like the devil on a record played backward. A ranking of bad Santas, from naughty to vice 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Hypocrisy can reside, like the devil, in the details. How Fugitive Slaves Exposed the Idea of the ‘United’ States as a Lie 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “If you give him less than your soul, he will come like the devil” after it. The Carpetbagger: ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Take Top Honors at the 2014 Golden Globes 2014-01-13T05:14:45Z For example, what if a patient is deemed psychologically healthy and still wants to look like the devil? Skin Deep: With Plastic Surgery, a Makeover to Look Like a Celebrity 2014-01-15T23:52:23Z The throat cancer, I assume, was first seeded during those wild middle years, when he drank like a fish and smoked like the devil. Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus 2013-06-02T20:00:00Z He does point out, several times, that Helm wasn’t, as he writes, “a song person”—meaning that he could play like the devil but was rarely interested in writing. Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of the Band 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z I remember we were in Iowa, and some guy came dressed like the devil. Chasten Buttigieg: We built a campaign where gay people felt seen 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z And just like the devil’s playground of his Twitter feed, Tyler’s diarrheic subconscious on the album is mostly concerned with pleasuring himself. Tyler, the Creator is His Own Worst Enemy on Wolf 2013-04-03T11:00:02Z This Claggart, dressed in a long black leather coat, makes his entrances by rising like the devil from below or skulking past the berths where the men are sleeping. A grim, ghostly 'Billy Budd' on British stage 2012-06-24T11:27:08Z I felt like the devil himself was coming against me to try to tear me apart, to punish me for believing in God. 'It was a witch-burning': Roseanne may forgive Hollywood, but she'll never forget 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z “I will work like the devil for more,” he said. Youngkin wants to transform Va.’s struggling behavioral health system 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But this one has been more like the devil’s month, as some call it in South America. Seattle’s awful August shows the city continues to backslide on crime 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z "It feels like the devil has come down to our earth, in a different way. This is Armageddon." Six months into the war, Ukrainian refugee agonises about returning 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “You guys are like the devil,” said the caller in a profanity-laced message on the Tibers’ answering machine. Glendale third-grade teacher showed gay pride videos. A year later, furious debate erupts 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “It’s still hard for me to hear this piece without a sense of foreboding. Truly, at times, it sounds like the devil’s own work.” George Crumb, quintessential composer of the avant-garde, dies at 92 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “We’re going to try like the devil to keep schools open,” he said, because studies have shown “that losing a semester can put a kid back a year and a half.” Some U.S. governors say it’s time for endemic approach to COVID 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z “They sound like the devil telling Jesus if you bow down to me you can have anything you want.” D.C. clears longtime encampment in NoMa in kickoff to new program to house the homeless 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z "I had to work hard like the devil to be able to leave." U.S.-bound migrants fill Colombia town as COVID-19 border closures lifted 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z "He is almost like the devil in a way," Charles observed. Marjorie Taylor-Greene's anti-Semitism is as American as apple pie (but Trump made it worse) 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z “Deal,” I said, smiling like the devil himself. Opinion | I Will Never Bail on My Friends Again 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “It sounded like the devil was coming through here.” Storm-ravaged southwestern Louisiana takes stock of damage after Delta 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z “He’s lied so much, tens of thousands of lies — documented. He was lying in the debate! He’s like the devil. You can’t believe anything he says.” 'He lies so much.' Trump's falsehoods come home to roost as many liberals doubt he has COVID-19 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden, who served eight years as vice president under former President Barack Obama, vowed this week to “work like the devil” to turn out “every Latino and Hispanic vote.” Biden courts Hispanics, takes shots at Trump in Florida 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z “I’ll talk about how I am going to work like the devil to make sure I turn every Latino and Hispanic vote,” he said. A Tight Trump-Biden Race in Florida: Here’s the State of Play 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Union members, he said, “deserve a president who fights like the devil for you.” Pence and Harris Vie for Wisconsin as Trump Vents From the White House 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z “He looked like the devil,” said the wife. Denied asylum, migrants return to place they fear most: home 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z “I did 83 events for Hillary, I campaigned like the devil for her,” Mr. Biden said. Joe Biden: I’ve always done well in ‘ethnic communities’ 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z "It was very painful to leave my friend but we were going to be next. When he was looking at me, he looked like the devil," he recalls. Chaos and killings: 10 minutes at London Bridge 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z “It’s a great opportunity for the zoo to work directly in conserving an iconic species like the devil.” Zoo increases commitment to Tasmanian devil conservation 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z “It looked like the devil himself was there with those flames,” she said. ‘Well, we’re alive’: Two months after D.C. fire, displaced seniors struggle to regain their footing 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Hey, you can’t be too careful with someone who shows up in something that looks like a family car, but runs like the devil. Appreciation: Warren Brown’s freewheeling commentary on cars and life 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z “This internet thing is like the devil,” he said. Investigators cope with viewing child pornography for work 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z “It boils down to people just need to pay attention like they used to instead of driving like the devil,” Feldman said. Residents question open range laws in northwest Idaho county 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z "Wall Street hates it like the devil hates holy water," he said. Feud at US watchdog as Trump man arrives 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z “Wall Street hates it like the devil hates holy water,” Durbin said. US consumer agency's acting director takes Trump to court over Mulvaney pick 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, told CNN on Sunday that “Wall Street hates it like the devil hates holy water.” Rival sides square off over succession at U.S. consumer finance agency 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z “It’s a watchdog agency. Wall Street hates it like the devil hates holy water.” Leandra English, the woman at the center of a White House battle for control of the CFPB, files lawsuit against Trump pick to lead watchdog agency 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s a watchdog agency, Wall Street hates it like the devil hates holy water and they’re trying to put an end to it.” White House confident Trump pick will win battle to lead consumer financial bureau 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z “The huacihcolero is like the devil, everybody knows he is there but nobody has seen him,” goes the song, which she notes is a bit satiric. Gunmen kill 4 Mexican soldiers investigating pipeline theft 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z That night he hovered over the canvas like an angel and punched like the devil. Muhammad Ali: fighter, joker, magician, religious disciple, preacher 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, told CNN on Sunday that “Wall Street hates it like the devil hates holy water.” Rival sides square off over succession at U.S. consumer finance agency 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z But when it worked it was like the devil’s magic, necessitating Zenith to note that it was "absolutely harmless to humans!" The agony and ecstasy of wireless everything 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z "It's like the devil sitting on their shoulders saying, 'Kill, kill, kill,'" Comey told reporters. White House steps up warnings about terrorism on U.S. soil 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Difference doesn’t have to be racial or sexual; sometimes the other looks like the devil you know. Outsiders Take Center Stage 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Sixty-four days before Joannie ran away, she wrote about the last time: “The day I ran away, I felt like the devil just went into me and never came out.” For a Mother, Many Worries and Few Clues About Her Runaway Daughter 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z “It just stinks like the devil,” said Brown, who lives in Duplin County - the nation’s top county for hog production, according to the U.S. Water, air quality concerns heighten conflict with pig farms 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Looking like the devil, so to speak, has its advantages: It helps Ig in his investigation. ‘Horns’ movie review: Daniel Radcliffe goes heavy on the metaphors It's almost like the devil has inhabited that area as everybody wants to kill each other. Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z At the event on Wednesday, Mr. Biden said, “The Nuns on the Bus fought like the devil for health care.” Biden, a Catholic School ‘Kid,’ Praises Nuns Under Fire From the Vatican 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z “It was like the devil going through my body,” Alexander said, crying. North Texan one of 10 still living in iron lung 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Later she described how he would "change like the devil" when they were alone. Shot leader's wife 'was beaten' 2013-09-24T11:14:41Z Zivic beat some, lost the others but fought like the devil regardless. Spoil sports: five boxers who turned winning ugly into an artform 2013-03-18T12:49:00Z “It seems like the devil is in the interpretation more than the actual application of the statistics,” says Sohini Ramachandran, a population geneticist at Brown University who provided the genetic data for the study. Economics and genetics meet in uneasy union 2012-10-10T17:21:15.837Z “They worked like the devil to get it.” Chicago teachers’ strike grinds into third day 2012-09-12T19:00:00Z "He smells like the devil, anyhow," said he. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z She went for George, but he lifted his whip like the devil. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z God mumbled around inside of Keegan and made him feel like the devil. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z “Don’t you just hate to have to go away and leave it all again?—don’t you just hate it like the devil?” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z I only know that when I run into any Johnnies who do, or think they do—they fight like the devil over it, and vote each other crass ignoramuses. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It was a case of fight like the devil and trust to luck and the darkness for aid. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z When I hear that voice, I tell God politely that he sounds too much like the devil for my taste.” John Carlos of ?68 Olympics Protest Maintains His Passion 2011-10-11T01:11:29Z They didn't answer, and he says, 'Ring like the devil!' "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z If you are fired at from across the river, pour in magazine fire as hard as you can go—and make the porters run like the devil across this gap.” Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z "Drive like the devil to ——'s!" he shouted to the driver, and in something under three minutes he had rushed into the upstairs poolroom about four blocks from his office. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z They shouted like the devil; the sergeants of the watch came, but we mentioned our names in a low tone and the king's archers helped us to put the rabble out of the place. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Their faces are painted red and blue, so that they "look like the devil himself," continues the worthy Megapolensis. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z You are carrying on like the devil in a sacristy. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z And blows like the devil: our landlord here has shown us the window where we must break in, and tells us the plate stands in the wainscot cupboard in the parlour. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z They not only stayed, but they bet and raised each other like the devil, and forced me to out-raise all of their raises every time it came around to me. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z "Anywhere, Bob," he said thickly, "but go like the devil till I tell you to stop, if it's a thousand miles!" The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z And I love you—love you like the devil!” The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z One morning, when I was going to answer to the call, he met me in the alley, and, seeing a little rust on my musket, he began to swear like the devil. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z "Ha! they are off like the devil!" said the doctor. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z Take that hat of yours and bale like the devil.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z We must ride like the devil,” and he spurred along the path followed closely by the other two. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Although we hyena-watchers find this very handy for determining whether a female has ever borne a litter, the tearing must hurt like the devil. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z Where before axemen's work was merely a full eight hours, it now takes 'em something like nine and ten, and work like the devil to get through even in that time. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z All my life I've struggled like the devil to get the things I wanted; and I failed. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z I like the devil because she hates him. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z Claverton would fight like the devil, but he’d never let those brutes take him alive, you may safely bet your bottom dollar on that. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z You may squeal if you choose, like the devil, instead of imitating a woman, but you won't get round me.” The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z I could distinguish nothing but what seemed to me a pair of glaring fiery eyes, like the devil, in a sort of large jug. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z Ran like the devil down the stair, And left her crutches lying there. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z Did you ever see a person who looked so much like the devil? The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z Ordinarily, although I hate to say it, he was a fine-looking man, but now his face was so twisted he looked like the devil in person. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z As I did so, the dollars chinked in my pocket, and the sound was like the devil’s voice ’ticing me to play. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z Well, at least I worked like the devil, and was decent.... The Master of the Inn 2011-02-26T03:00:51.930Z And she said he ought not to want to understand; that was like Eve, and like the devil, and was the beginning of all wickedness. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z The port foremost motor was sparking like the devil, rings of cursed sparks shooting round the commutator, but this was no time for ceremony. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z I didn’t send José to him and so, naturally, I can’t do anything about it, even if the fellow does get angry and act like the devil. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z I won't say like the devil, because he is after all but an unappreciated man of genius, and therefore deserves the sympathy of every educated man. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Oh, yes: well, you see, I've got four boys growing up; one is in the Rathenow Hussars--crack regiment, you know--I always look out for that sort of thing--but costs like the devil! The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) A Play in Five Acts For robbery and plunder hindered them not in the least in their swift march: like the devil, that can do mischief as he flies. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim It is just twelve, rains and blows like the devil. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 I have a notable shrew, who snaps about her like the devil. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. And can keep a secret like the devil! In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Thank Heaven that's over!" he says, almost savagely, "drive like the devil, Liston! Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "Tom rides like—like the devil, strike me blue if he don't!" said the Marquis. Our Admirable Betty A Romance "Shall we 'play like the devil,' as father used to say?" The Gambler A Novel Old Sarah Dymmock hates you like the devil, but she don't bite so long as people don't want to hurt my little Violet, and she's a good sportswoman. A Traitor's Wooing "Throw stones like the devil," replied the latter in thunder tones! "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale Now, if I take your money and then didn’t go straight I should feel like the devil.” Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York That right leg of his, from the hip down, hurt like the devil! Shadows of Flames A Novel Say," he said, puzzled, "your hands are trembling like the devil! Astounding Stories, August, 1931 After that Bertrand fight like the devil and pray like the saint. Leerie “He’s a rattling good chap at bottom, and we are really great pals, but we fight like the devil whenever we have to do with each other officially.” John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising But it goes like the devil once it is up—that’s a bad one. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance A Spaniard; for Spaniards, like the devil, trouble the whole world. The Handbook of Conundrums Suddenly, but very quietly, Eustace said: “I say, you fellows—don’t look round, but—turn your horses’ heads and ride like the devil! 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War I actually heard one of them say, "How like the devil she does look!" Reminiscences, 1819-1899 I can’t help grousing like the devil at times when I think how I’m stuck away here in this infernal God-forsaken hole. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising And both Earthmen and Venusians hated like the devil to see the other get away with anything. Brink of Madness Why is a good wife like the devil? The Handbook of Conundrums The doctor inquired, “How do you feel?” and the answer was, “Pretty well, but my leg hurts like the devil.” The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864 Me 'n' George dropped in with some beefsteaks we copped from the butcher, and found her in bed, coughing like the devil. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure On reaching Paris I engaged a chambermaid, who remarked, when she saw my mending, "Any one can see that Madame has been in a savage country, for this is sewn like the devil." The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun He gets up at the break of day, and he works like the devil after a Christian. Checkers A Hard-luck Story Two sedan chairs were in waiting for the ladies and a red domino and mask for me, in which I looked exactly like the devil. Francezka But they must have smelt fodder over there somewhere, and they broke for it like the devil beatin' tanbark. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro "Look here, guv'nor," he whispered with good intent, "the back door's open,—run like the devil." My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia She made off on her legs like the devil whoppin’ out fire. Our Southern Highlanders He rode by me like the devil, going toward the ford. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas He was going straight up the road, in the wrong direction, and driving like the devil. The Girl in the Mirror They've got on all our nerves like the devil, and I fancy even the Wake Hill natives are pretty well fed up with 'em. Old Crow "Oh, I know you hate me like the devil," said Evan. The Deaves Affair Drive like the devil to the Hudson Bay camp twenty miles up the lake, and tell old Fitzpatrick the best inventory of furs you can secure before you leave. The Wilderness Trail Inquiring on the next day how he had behaved, Moyle observed, “You went away like the devil, taking one corner of the house with you.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors But why did he act like the devil toward you, Mack? Captain Pott's Minister “That fellow hates formation flying like the devil hates holy water,” Cowan answered. Aces Up "Pismires," said the Somewhere Man, kicking the mound; "they sting like the devil." The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales I lied like the devil to call your bluff—wanted to make you own up because—well, you'd lied a little, too! Wings of the Wind “I’m not surprised to hear that,” nodded the colonel; “that man Macdonald’s got it in him to do that, and fight like the devil, too.” The Rustler of Wind River Then he would turn and give a look at me like the devil. The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana "But it riled me like the devil to think—" he began again. Money Magic A Novel It rained like the devil and I lounged in the bar with jockeys and sporting girls, listening to their ribald talk. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author “Oh, she’s like all the rest of them when she’s alone––sails like the devil,” the skipper answered to that, but he smiled with it and we all knew he was satisfied with her. The Seiners He is like the devil, and only too apt to come, if you ask for him. The Quality of Mercy I’m getting acquainted, and working like the devil.” At the Crossroads A hint as to how this subjective confusion made the environment seem uncertain comes from the statement, "You looked like the devil and yet you were God." Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type Then, to make it sure, Twiggs had come riding like the devil's imps with some new warning from Cynthia. Dwellers in the Hills The boys work like the devil to make a fine showing while I'm away. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 It would hurt him like the devil––that broken leg. The Heart of Thunder Mountain He certainly is that, for since Christ is not there, he, like the devil, sits and rules in Christ's place. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained You sent me in here expecting me to fight, and when I don’t always come out on top you rib me like the devil’s own for it. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek I had been working like the devil since early in the morning, running some tests on what you call my thought-telegraph. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Some of them are feeling the pinch already, for it costs like the devil to live here––especially the way these fellows insist on living. The Spoilers of the Valley "I tell you, 'e is proud like the devil." The Spanish Jade And he had ridden like the devil, some 30-odd miles to be at this dance. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck Brodie, thinking it was a chase, cried to drive like the devil. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Why are you sitting in a black hole like the devil? An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Big as he was, Tregeagle lost heart and ignominiously took to his heels: but the devil ran nimbly, ran steadily, ran without losing breath—ran, in short, like the devil. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot She no like—I see 'er red as fire, burn like the devil, sir. The Spanish Jade “Well—I’ll forgive ye this time if ye’ll agree that the dinner was good, for I’d hate like the devil to be giving the wee man back his cap for anything but the best.” Seven Miles to Arden Run like the devil to the cross-roads, where my men wait. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama We, in paradise, wished to become like God; but by our sin we have become like the devil. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood “She smokes,” wrote Mr. Middleton, not knowing why he wrote it, and wishing like the devil that he hadn’t the moment he had. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton “And ’tis like the devil, too, to make me finish his black work,” commented Lord Grimsby’s natural voice, ere his judicial voice took up the opening formalities of the sentence he was to pronounce. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 “Then it shrank like the devil!” said the Colonel. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Such a whale of a lot depends on his not knowing that I’m alive and kicking; I’d hate like the devil to spoil everything now by his getting a glimpse of me. Shoe-Bar Stratton Once on your back, they ride you like the devil—down-hill.” The Pagan Madonna He seemed like the devil, so cruel about his poor wife. Where Deep Seas Moan I thought something smelt like the devil when I put them on, but I never guessed it was my own things. The La Chance Mine Mystery Once in action I had a rattling good time and hated like the devil to quit; and you'll be the same way—I know you will. Where the Souls of Men are Calling Why, the mud when the tide is out smells like the devil. A Village of Vagabonds In my line, you work like the devil this year for what you’re going to get next, and live on the year after. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern I admire you like the devil for knowing what you want and going after it. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life With my heart”—he thumped his heart—“with my heart hurting like the devil all the time?” The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol “Why, I reckon it must hurt like the devil, ma’am.” The Range Boss His brain is several pitches above normal and his nerves are like hot taut wires—that hum like the devil. Black Oxen Tempus," observed the giant drover, "fugits like the devil in this dawdling world o' sin, as the poet has it—eh, Weasel? The Reckoning And that pesky old woman looks more like the devil than a human being. Twenty Years of Hus'ling I loved Ruth, ay, loved her like my own child; but Wilfred got me into his power, and then, like the devil he was, he made me do his will. Roger Trewinion By times, ecod, they grumbled like the devil of a fine Sunday morning! Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. By day the stable is open and not a soul will ask questions; saddle and bridle for yourself, then ride like the devil. The Justice of the King I run and hollered like the devil was after me, and shore enuf he was. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Drive on—drive like the devil—like what you all are,” he added, in a lower tone. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance They will fight like the devil, but during a truce they’ll be friendly, admiring each other as scrappers, but ready to fight as hard as ever when the truce is over. The Aliens “I heard something rattling and galloping along—I thought it was the old pacer and I drove like the devil to shut him out!” The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills All the common folk about Hétfalu love the youth as if he was their own son, but they hate his father like the devil. The Day of Wrath Hurts like the devil, but I don’t think it’s busted. Unwise Child "He is like his mist . . . he is like the devil," said Margaret. The McBrides A Romance of Arran I know he is working like the devil to get the contracts to furnish the government with mail planes for next year. 32 Caliber Some of them are even comic characters, like the devil in Scottish folklore. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield She wasn't so very pretty, but—her husband had treated her like the devil and—she was very unhappy and—they had rather a mad time together. Possessed I hate uncertainty like the devil, and so I thought I'd ride across—" "General Ewell," said Jackson gently, "you will oblige me by not swearing. The Long Roll "She is away like the devil spinning heather," said old Tam. The McBrides A Romance of Arran It's all over long ago; but I must eternally do something, fight, drink, work like the devil—anything but think. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance I once heard a young lady in New York profess p. 234unbounded admiration for him, because “he looked so charmingly like the devil.” Memoirs You see, Macrorie," he continued, "I had been acting like the devil to her. The Lady of the Ice A Novel You will pardon my candor, but you certainly look like the devil. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! I feel like the devil about it, but I can't for the life of me find one little hook to hang a shred of self-reproach on. We Three But he is educated; oh, like the devil. The House of Torchy He makes rhymes and love like the devil. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection "Why, even the dogs fear him like the devil does holy water!" whispered Larry, in the ear of his chum. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat And blows like the devil; our landlord here has showed us the window where we must break in, and tells us the plate stands in the wainscot cupboard in the parlour. The Beaux-Stratagem "Harry," I said with great firmness, "the country needs rain like the devil." We Three Why, Rosa had every one of those guys in the back seat acting like the devil, and nobody knew what was the matter. A Voice in the Wilderness Fire up the engines, pile on the coals and steam like the devil! and go in chase of her, my good captain, you will? The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea But he looked like the devil—the devil, you'll notice, not a devil. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Yes, he fought like the devil, and came near balking the whole game. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution White folks was mean to us like the devil, and so I jest let them pass. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives It was bitterly cold up around Fortieth Street, snowing like the devil, and such winds as you'd expect to find nowhere this side of Greenland's icy mountains. R. Holmes & Co. Roll in sin, like the devil in pitch, and then scream that it burns! The Argonauts The little platforms moved; the one nearest my wrist vibrated rapidly across a very small excursion that tickled like the devil. Highways in Hiding I expect my face looked like the devil, I did not speak, I knew I was frowning angrily. Man and Maid The moment you wanted anything like the devil, then the devil was to pay. The Triflers It hurt like the devil; she was a lot stronger than I'd expected. Lone Star Planet He was running like the devil to catch up with my mind and burn it down per schedule. Stop Look and Dig One never needs a passport, you know, and then you need it like the devil. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life "Now," cried I, "pull like the devil, men." The Honour of the Flag "It hurts like the devil, but it's nothing for you to pity me for," he put in quickly. The Triflers Any way, whatever the reason of it was, he had Patsy Flaherty leathering the mare like the devil. The Simpkins Plot "Diplomacy," replied Davis, "My dear man, I lied like the devil." Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 And he worked, as he expressed it, "like the devil." The Way of Ambition The secret is out, and in another half hour we'll be fighting like the devil to keep those fellows from relocating every foot of ground we've got. Branded "There's only one other way, Edward; and that is to fight like the devil," he said, speaking as one who has weighed and measured and decided. The Price We’d all work like the devil until I got a job and went to town. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 But I come back here, allowin' To vote as I used to do, Though it gravels me like the devil to train Along o' sich fools as you. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) His favorite pupil, Giulio Romano, caught every trick of the master and, like the devil citing Scripture, painted pictures to delight the eye so licentious that they cannot now be exhibited. The Age of the Reformation "Monty, this has me worried like the devil, because I believe that they suspect that you are the Slain and Risen One." The Return Well, I also know, Mamma Lacombe, that you possess great influence over her and that she fears you like the devil himself—so Madame Jourdan informed me. A Cardinal Sin Ross grinned wickedly, looking very much like the devil incarnate. Treachery in Outer Space "It embarrasses me like the devil to say such a thing," continued Rowan, digging in the sand with his spurred heels. In Search of the Unknown I hate your hideous fancy—you said that once before—if you must talk impertinently, for Heaven's sake let it be with variety; don't come always like the devil wrapped in flames. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour I want a man who can fight like the devil if he has to and handle that gang in the cow camp with branding irons! The Freebooters of the Wilderness "Then it will hurt her like the devil to take her away from him, eh?" From the Valley of the Missing I know I look like the devil," replied Broussard, "but I'm on sick leave and I hope Fort Blizzard is the right kind of a climate for me. Betty at Fort Blizzard Now, while man, like the devil, is the cause of another's sin, by outward suggestion, he has a certain special manner of causing sin, by way of origin. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Ride like the devil, even if you have to ride all night. Foes in Ambush The barrister whose face was like the devil's under his wig held in his hands the paper that had been handed to Lord Stowell; my father was talking to him from the bench. Romance If ye takes her tonight, she'll only cut up like the devil. From the Valley of the Missing "There is a wind blowing there which seems to have come straight from the ice of the North Pole and sounds like the devil playing bowls amongst the hills." Nobody's Man "Do you think that for once in your life you could look less like the devil than you are naturally, and act the role of parson?" 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life When he coldly responded that he thought it "looked like the devil" they told him that, of course he would say so: he had no soul for art. Greenwich Village And I feel like the devil about it…. A Comedy of Masks A Novel "Put the handkerchiefs over your faces—and shoot like the devil!" he panted. Private Peat It wants half an hour of midnight, and rains;—as Gibbet says, 'a fine night for their enterprise—dark as hell, and blows like the devil.' Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals They might return or they might not; they were like the devil who rose by your side when you were most peaceful! Foes I don't know whether she's right or not, but I miss her like the devil. The Plastic Age "He hates Webb like the devil!" cried a delegate, and "It's pie for Burr!" sneered another. The Voice of the People No point of safety, except a very prosaic dák bungalow and good old Azim, who would fuss like the devil if rain came on and he got a wetting. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "A man may look like the devil, and yet be distinctly handsome." 'Doc.' Gordon Sampson, like the devil he was, laughed when it was too late. The Rustlers of Pecos County If I can help it, I'll never act like a rotter again, I hate a prig, Cynthia, like the devil, but I hate a rotter even more. The Plastic Age He got me—somewhere that hurt like the devil—and I saw red. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment She is that sort, and always the focus of jealousy for la Plessis, who tries to recommend herself to my mother by hating her like the devil. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary "You can write like the devil," Edmonds offered up on twin supports of vapor. Success A Novel You are like the devil in Scripture, offering all the kingdoms in the world, when the d——d soul had not a corner-lot on earth! Israel Potter If we married, I am certain that in a year or two we should hate each other like the devil, and I believe you know that as well as I do. The Spinners He looked like a saint—talked like the best of slave holding Christians, and acted at home like the devil. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself "The child treated me like the devil's calls her," said Gentilla Stanley, shaking her head angrily. Red Money Varden, it sounds like the devil making a presentation copy of the Ten Commandments on asbestos, but I can't help that! The Ramrodders A Novel The armour of Richmond was forthwith shifted on to the shoulders of a supernumerary player, who was simply enjoined to "hold his tongue, and fight like the devil." A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character I'm working like the devil, really, and learning everything from the beginning. The Spinners He stopped his talking all of a sudden, and his eyes looked like the devil's eyes. Famous Modern Ghost Stories He passed us on parade yesterday, went by like the devil, kicking up a dust fit to choke the lot of us. The Keeper of the Door I hate France—I do—like the devil. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh It sounds like the devil talking, doesn't it? The Man in the Twilight I don't like the devil being called the father of lies. Jaffery We couldn't live half so well in the first place, and, besides, I'd hate like the devil to see you working yourself to death and losing your looks. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage An’ him—Grimbal—laughing, like the devil he is, to think on what my life must be!” Children of the Mist "Waterloo main entrance—and drive like the devil, please, we're late." Nightfall Maybe you reckon I ought to feel for her like the devil does about holy water. The Man in the Twilight We went, as I had ordained, like the devil. Jaffery Get into a hansom and tell the man to drive like the devil. Septimus "Go like the devil, Frank!" shouted Raymond, as the scurrying horsemen swept in a body over the sand and he found himself for a moment beside his friend. The Jungle Girl "At first it hurts like the devil," he said at last, looking away at Mertonsome spire and speaking as if he spoke to no one in particular. Mr. Britling Sees It Through "I can put my hand on ten men who will drive like the devil to bring them back." V. V.'s Eyes That comes of avoiding all allopathic messes like the devil. Lady Rose's Daughter In Levi's black train, the clerk did remain Twenty years, squalling o'er a dull stave; Yet his mind was so evil, he'd swear like the devil, Nor repented on this side the grave. The Parish Clerk If our fellows are doing so good work with a single gun," said the colonel to an aide who happened to be nearest, "they must be suffering like the devil from twelve. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Some of these are like a cow, some like a monkey, some like a buffalo, others resemble a peacock, and others like the devil. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 "I can reorganize 'em like the devil," said Hugo sincerely; for if a man does not want a woman to boast a little before now and then, he does not want her at all.... V. V.'s Eyes "My head aches like the devil, and my leg burns." Jason No, I can't read or write but I can figure 'like the devil'. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives He seemed like the devil trying to come between her and God. Evelyn Innes Powell had his jacket off and was working like the devil with a canthook. The Rules of the Game In the mornin', when we're ready to go and I'm about to fix up the vouchers for our host, you break away and ride like the devil. Pardners He is working like the devil today, not even thinking of anything to eat and drink. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig They sparkle like the devil sit behind and strike fire out red-hot iron—" "Mother of God!" cried Mariquita, impatiently, "we all know thou art daft about that witch! The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California Ah, strange and fair The nether world that I was gazing at With beating heart from that exalted level, And—lest I founder—trembling like the devil! Shapes of Clay She has been suffering like the devil for at least ten minutes, and forgot I was even beside her and pretending to talk. The Reason Why Then sometimes he'd look like the devil himself, as wicked as sin, poring over his inventions, and you'd fancy that to stick a knife in his back might be perhaps the best thing for everybody. The Secret City He sent three servants in succession to search for three different physicians swearing at them violently while they made their preparations, telling them to ride like the devil, to kill their horses, etc. Overland So there's a fighting hope—if we can raise ourselves out of this sand that clings like the devil himself. The Flying Legion I had a tiny income: I got a job at a coaching establishment, I worked like the devil. Father Payne You will keep bobbin' up and down there all night and staring at me like the devil all the time! The Mystery of Metropolisville The trouble was," he explained gravely, "that these last boots of mine pinched like the devil, and I've been mad for a month because my feet are half a size bigger than yours. The Gringos Hold on to your boat like the devil. Overland He looked like the devil of a dog's hell, and his reputation was as bad as his looks. Composition-Rhetoric And he himsel' looked round on me, like the devil he is; and, wi' a skirl o' a laugh, he strikes the lantern out o' my hand. Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton He's such a smart, good-looking boy, and he can drive like the devil. The Obstacle Race Take Noches and ride like the devil was at your heels. The Gringos "Doesn't a man look like the devil in these togs?" Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories In that ominous minute, like the devil in an old-time drama, Suliman knocked at the door leading from the outer hall. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Larry knew and rowed me like the devil for it last spring. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth "And now—we must run like the devil!" Somewhere in France They certainly can fight like the devil and they don't care for bullets any more than they do for the leaves that shower down on them. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Bard took Duffy's grey, and the grey can go like the devil. Trailin'! Her hair was grey, she had lost many teeth, and she dressed, as Veronica wickedly said to Bianca, like the devil's grandmother. Taquisara You work like the devil and think you're getting on, and suddenly you discover that you've only been getting yourself tied up. Alexander's Bridge Lonely, like the devil, and envious like him? Wuthering Heights When the girl is gone he will be like the devil unchained. Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river When their hearts is touched they’re likely to stack the cards, look at the bottom of the deck, an’ lie like the devil—beggin’ your pardon, ma’am. Love of Life and Other Stories These fellows both drink like the devil, and that should simplify matters considerably. The Amateur Cracksman "Look here!" he broke out, "why do you make such a point of treating me like the devil?" The Shuttle "Why should those people have to work like—like the devil, while we sit about planning ball dresses?" The Conflict McCutcheon and Bass, Hare and Shepherd are fine, but I felt like the devil, imposing on them, and working four in a room is no joke. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis "You can sing like the devil," he admitted. Miss Billy's Decision He worked every one—himself included—like the devil, of course. The Yellow Streak Divide that with the chauffeur," he said crisply—"tell him to drive like the devil. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf In this world one must pay like the devil for one's fancies. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories When I see all these kid militia men enlisted it makes me feel like the devil. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis There's him now, with a horn on his auto that makes a noise like the devil yelling! Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Get on your horse, ride in, and ring the court-house bell like the devil. The Gentleman from Indiana At irregular intervals he made frantic attempts to disguise it; but the only dye that would serve at all was a jet-black and looked like the devil in contrast with his high colouring. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama In this case Economy would be a very strange science, standing, not beside, but facing Ethic, like the devil facing God, or at least like the advocatus diaboli in the processes of canonization. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic "Home like the devil!" she said to the footman as he closed the door of the carriage—and she disappeared in a whirlwind. There & Back Then all the people comes down and shouts like the devil and all, and Dravot says,—'Go and dig the land, and be fruitful and multiply,' which they did, though they didn't understand. Indian Tales A woman, even though it hurts her like the devil, prefers to keep a mental grip of a man. The Mountebank Why, my boy-girl friend storming along on an old white Arab, and laughing like the devil. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea "And if we are caught," said Mattison, "I suppose we can run like the devil." The Short Line War "It makes me feel like the devil!" he exclaimed, pitifully. A Modern Instance Finally we came into a hall downstairs, where we saw an overgrown cursed mangy cur with a pair of heads, a wolf's belly, and claws like the devil of hell. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Then all the people comes down and shouts like the devil and all, and Dravot says, — ‘Go and dig the land, and be fruitful and multiply,’ which they did, though they didn’t understand. The Man Who Would Be King Come along; I miss you like the devil; nobody does my things as sympathetically as you do. Bertram Cope's Year But all those people had heard a prophecy of Napoleon, under the name of Kebir Bonaberdis; a word which in our lingo means, "The Sultan fires a shot," and they feared him like the devil. The Napoleon of the People Do you mean to tell me that if a man has lived like the devil he's going to be saved just because he got killed fighting? The War Romance of the Salvation Army "Let's walk like the devil," she said, "come on, let's get up some speed." Poor White It hurts like the devil to think I didn't—couldn't—give her the love she ought to have had. Life at High Tide "I've seen cases in which a strong will looked very much more like the devil." Indian Summer Without so much as a word to me, the commander pulled our driver off the box, ordered a man up in his place, climbed after him, and said briefly, "Go like the devil!" The Yeoman Adventurer Sometimes in urgent cases day-passes would be given with the order: "If you have to go, go like the devil!" The War Romance of the Salvation Army I go tomorrow in my own carriage, thank God; a route is given me, a number painted on the carriage, and all paid, so I go like the devil without anything to pay. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir He trampsed over the general graves, like the devil come to fetch their souls out; but when he come here to the 'holy ring,' he stopped short, and stood with his back to me. Erema — My Father's Sin We can worry the officials of this town like the devil if we work this right. Marching Men When he finds he's not taken that way he makes himself look like the devil in defiance. The City of Fire I am going to pretend," said he, "that I am hovering over the town—like the devil on two sticks—the first night after the armistice. Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War He is like the devil, that sows tares in the dark, and while a man sleeps plants weeds among his corn. Character Writings of the 17th Century But I come back here, allowin' To vote as I used to do, Though it gravels me like the devil to train Along o' sich fools as you. Poems Then all the people comes down and shouts like the devil and all, and Dravot says—'Go and dig the land, and be fruitful and multiply,' which they did, though they didn't understand. Short Stories Old and New He glared at me like the devil he is, and said that he'd a mind to kill me there and then, whatever happened. The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation It hurts me like the devil, I can tell you. Sleeping Fires: a Novel He is like the devil, that seeks the destruction of those most of all that do him the best service, or an unhealthful sinner that receives pleasure and returns nothing but diseases. Character Writings of the 17th Century He's bashful, you know, and besides he's awfully poor, and works like the devil. The Battle Ground I heard Daisy going on out here like the devil before day—or was it you two who were pestering her? Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island "Gordon," she said accusingly and almost crying, "you look like the devil." Tales of the Jazz Age Arabian's catching it like the devil in Conduit Street. December Love Does not hold opinions, but they hold him; for when he is once possessed with an error, 'tis, like the devil, not to be cast out but with great difficulty. Character Writings of the 17th Century Of course I would hate it like the devil; but perhaps it's the decent thing to do? The Iron Woman Tell him to jump like the devil was after him. The Little Lady of the Big House Now that Lucrezia, she is a fine child; she can hate like the devil himself and she is as silent as a Mafioso. The Net He's afraid of it like the devil, but I've got him. December Love "I agree with you," responded Haldane gravely, "she certainly did come down the street like the devil." A Knight of the Nineteenth Century To avoid them, he would, he told Nannie, chuckling at her horror,—"lie like the devil!" The Iron Woman He considered; and said, slowly, positively: "I'd lie like the devil." A Fool There Was It hurts like the devil to say it, but I got to. The Rose in the Ring If the feuds are to be avoided like the devil, the friendships are worth having. King of the Khyber Rifles I come back here, allowin’ To vote as I used to do,Though it gravels me like the devil to train Along o’ sich fools as you. Pike County Ballads and Other Poems Then: It is pride that makes poor man so like the devil in hell, that he cannot in it be known to be the image and similitude of God. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 I suppose it will hurt like the devil. Quill's Window And when you row toward that submarine, row like the devil, because that's the way the bombing party would row in their hurry to board the submarine and steam clear of the explosion. Cappy Ricks Retires It takes a brave man to fight a duel with a chap who may be only half as big as he is, but who can shoot like the devil. West Wind Drift "By the Lord Harry, Elias," cried Graydon, "you look like the devil now." Jane Cable If the marshal asks you why you didn't stop and help his deputy, just tell him that the desperado held a pistol at your head and commanded you to drive like the devil. The Day of the Dog Why, her bottom must look like the devil! Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley "Bryce, you look like the devil," he declared the moment he entered the latter's private office. The Valley of the Giants But when I hear you justifying your wickedness in the words of grace, it's too horrible: it sounds like the devil making fun of religion. Fanny's First Play He hated Pat Cullen like the devil, but he wouldn't have any French officer think that Pat would lie down on his job. Jimmie Higgins The stitches hurt like the devil, don't they? Castle Craneycrow And I'd hate like the devil to have you do that. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley No, only sprained, but it pains like the devil. Miss Lou He needed neither whip nor spur, but went for Zeitoon like the devil with his tail on fire. The Eye of Zeitoon It went on in three shifts, day and night; for half the world was clamouring for the means to blow itself up, and the other half must work like the devil to furnish the means. Jimmie Higgins "Why, you stupid son of a boot-top, we have been posting on all night like the devil, and all this time the coach has been ten miles behind us." The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2 Some women swear they like smoke, others say they hate it like the devil. The Way We Live Now He is a large, handsome fellow, with red hair and a moustache like the devil. Agatha Webb Pretty badly burnt about the face and fingers, Hans von Quedlinburg crawled backward out of the fire, smelling like the devil, of singed wool. The Eye of Zeitoon He would not see the New Day, perhaps, but his children would see it; and a fellow would work like the devil to save his children. Jimmie Higgins And my feet hurt like the devil, too. The Auction Block The fifteenth century Italian hated like the devil continued association with pain. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel He cou'd transform himself in colour As like the devil as a collier; 350 As like as hypocrites in show Are to true saints, or crow to crow. Hudibras You see, he can shoot like the devil—he allus knows when a man is going to draw, an' gets his gun out first. Bar-20 Days Of course you must ha' lied like the devil. The River's End If he is fond of music and can play like the devil, that isn't his sister-in-law's fault, is it? The Grim Smile of the Five Towns He withheld the central core of himself, like the devil and hell-fiend he was. Aaron's Rod "You will need to fight like the devil," said he, "for if they catch you they'll skin you!" Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders Last time I saw it you was on him, going like the devil. Bar-20 Days He was too weak to lift his head, and something inside him hurt like the devil when he moved. The Fortunate Youth Some of them were resigned—some of them cared like the devil, but they'd talked it over, argued it with lawyers and couldn't see any possible loophole. Flappers and Philosophers MARGOT: "Because the old Duke of Beaufort only gives it to women who own coverts; I am told he hates people who go hard and after today I mean to ride like the devil." Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One They had not anything themselves, and the police were always after them like the devil after a poor soul. The Malady of the Century "I hate like the devil to confine her; it looks brutal, and makes me feel like a tyrant." Alice of Old Vincennes He can't be visible and invisible by turns, like the devil. Monsieur Lecoq I felt I was going to hate you like the devil. Simon the Jester "That's what I thought, but I hate it like the devil!" To Let I must say, I hate like the devil to deny myself on the road. The Inspector-General Chook, standing at his elbow, like the devil in the old prints, was watching him curiously. Jonah But it hurts me like the devil because it makes me feel no better than a shoe with the buttons off and the heel all worn down, and I ask myself what's the blooming use. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Of course they all hated us like the devil. John Bull's Other Island ‘Drive like the devil!’ he roared again a few minutes afterwards, in fuming dissatisfaction with their rate of progress. The Hand of Ethelberta "Because he is so quiet, and blazes like the devil underneath." Under Two Flags Yachts are all right, to have a good time on, but they cost like the devil to keep up. Cap'n Warren's Wards "No!" said Bruce, disappointedly, "he dodged like the devil, as of course he ought, you know." The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills He looked like the devil of a dogs' hell. Bob, Son of Battle "I have the rheumatism like the devil—pardon me." Jewel Drinks like a fish, and rides like the devil. The Country House "Now, isn't that just like the devil's work!" exclaimed Mr. Eltinge. A Face Illumined Then, again, a little bunch of Heinies will fight like the devil. One of Ours Even Lady Eustace, who was not particular as to the appearance of people, remarked afterwards to her friend that Mr. Slide had looked like the devil as he was stroking his face. The Prime Minister "But it is only like the devil, grandpa," she added hopefully, "and you know there isn't any devil." Jewel And there is the Aurora," exclaimed Holmes, "and going like the devil! The Sign of the Four Tell him to send word to Blue and Gordon and Fredericks to ride like the devil to my father's ranch. To the Last Man "You take a very lofty tone, my little friend," replied he in the same language, which he understood very well, but pronounced like the devil,—I mean like a Frenchman. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels "More like the devil's!" he exclaimed, pronouncing his words abominably, and fumbling vainly for his weapon. The House of the Wolf; a romance Jack Brimblecombe, don't talk to me about God's visitation; this looks much more like the devil's visitation, to my mind. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth You have to work like the devil doing things that count. The Vision Splendid "We must pass in single file in front of that light," whispered Ford, "And then, after we are sure he has seen us, we must run like the devil!" The Red Cross Girl "I suppose so," she exclaimed doubtfully, "but to me he is like the devil." Finished With his dark figure and dark sayings in all that sunshine he looked like the devil in paradise. Manalive Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil. Dangerous Days She will go to market herself every morning, and fight like the devil she is to get things at the lowest prices; she will tire out curiosity by silence. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life She took delight, like the devil on the pinnacle of the temple, in showing me all the riches of her passionate kingdom. The Lily of the Valley Looking out of the window, I saw buildings all around rocking like the devil had hold of them. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire "Dear me!" said Bastin, "he looks just like the devil, doesn't he, and now I come to think of it, this isn't at all a bad imitation of hell." When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot But all those people had heard a prophecy of Napoleon, under the name of Kebir Bonaberdis; a word which in our lingo means, 'The Sultan fires a shot,' and they feared him like the devil. The Country Doctor I wad na be uncivil: In manhood's various paths and ways There's aye some doytin' body strays, And I ride like the devil. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns He looked like the devil of the lake. Rolf in the Woods They all howled like the devil and ran away. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire As a rule, folk avoid me like the devil, for they cannot disabuse their minds of the idea that I am going to ask them for a loan. Dead Souls |
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