I went further-thevery devil must have been in me that day.

I had the very devil of a job to get to Stanning.

But, as a golfer, I have frequently found it the very devil.

If I didn't there'd be the very devil to pay in blackmail.

As for that rascal Starlight, he would deceive the very devil himself.

You have got us both into a very devil of a fix.

It's bleeding a good deal, and it hurts like the very devil.

But now, some mornings, it 's the very devil to get going.

In fact, they was running like the very devil-dogs was after them.

Fortune has generally been esteemed a goddess, but misfortune a very devil.

But I don't see how the very devil we can manage it.

Look here, you're just playin' the very devil a-commandin' these here men.

It will be a hard battle, for Hatteraick is a very devil!

All my life-eversince I can remember-washingand ironing, like-like-the very devil!

Isn't it the very devil, how things all come back on me?

I told you Central Station; drive there at once like the very devil.