1881,Margaret O. (Wilson) Oliphant,The Open Door, and the Portrait.:
If the deevil himsel was in the auld hoose, I have no interest in 't one way or another--" "Sandy, hold your peace!" cried his wife imperatively. "
1912,O. Douglas,Olivia in India:
The last I saw of her she had seized the khansamah's young assistant and was shouting at him, "Chokra--ye impident little black deevil, will you tell this moment, has there been an accident?"