"Blue devils" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of Madame Hanska, M. Wenceslas de Hanski, who was never a count, but a very rich man, was many years her senior, and suffered from "blue devils" and paresis a long time before his death. Though he was very generous with his wife in allowing her to travel, she often suffered from ennui in her beautifully furnished chateau of Wierzchownia, which ...
— Women in the Life of Balzac • Juanita Helm Floyd
... of myself, that I have been better since I wrote to you. Mazzinghi {14} tells me that November weather breeds Blue Devils—so that there is a French proverb, 'In October, de Englishman shoot de pheasant: in November he shoot himself.' This I suppose is the case with me: so away with November, as soon as may be. 'Canst thou ...
— Letters of Edward FitzGerald - in two volumes, Vol. 1 • Edward FitzGerald
... in low spirits, or as the Negroes say, am possessed by the Boree ("blue devils.") Days are short, and nights tedious and painful to me, as I cannot use my eyes by lamp-light, on account of a slight continued ophthalmia. Nothing remarkable to-day. If you want to feel alone in the world, which at times has its advantages, go ...
— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson
... object of their search when they reached Bar. "Only one hour ago Father Joffre passed through here. How unfortunate! But I can tell you where you will find him. He has gone to Saint Die to present medals to a battalion of the 'Little Blue Devils' at that place. Lose no time, and you may assist ...
— With Haig on the Somme • D. H. Parry |
