Suppose you would like to go ice-skating to see if this is a good idea you decide to check the daily newspaper for a weather report what pacific information should you look for

What effect is achieved by the use of the phrase "as the devil would have it" in the second sentence?

Which is not among the style choices a writer would use, if he or she is trying to establish a formal writing style/

Excerpt from jane eyre charlotte bronte 2 i was glad of it: i never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to eliza, john, and georgiana reed.