 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...within an hour the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw...; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that perhaps had broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 652 pages
...an hour, the it-hole house to the veiij ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric; wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw , and a few forsaken cloaks. Nach den detaillirten Angaben namentlich W o tt on 's kann das neue Drama, das die Sliaksporc'sche... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Dwellings - 1859 - 396 pages
...within an hour the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw...cloaks; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that perhaps had broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale."... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Authors, English - 1860 - 394 pages
...very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish hut wood and straw and a few forsaken cloaks ; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that perhaps had broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale."... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1863 - 726 pages
...within an hour, the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw,...would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by tha benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale." Fires seem to have menaced Shakspeare... | |
 | 1874 - 358 pages
...Kirtuous fabric: wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and'straw, and a few forsalcen doaks; only onc man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the bemfit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale.''*) Dass übrigens der angerichtete Schaden... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 506 pages
...than an hour, the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw,...few forsaken cloaks : only one man had his breeches sot on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 912 pages
...than an hour, the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw,...few forsaken cloaks : only one man had his breeches act on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the beueut of a provident wit,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 670 pages
...wood and straw, and a few forsaken ck«k only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perl* have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a proviis wit, put it out with bottle ale." Here, then, is a described, " representing some principal... | |
 | Philip Massinger, John Ford - English drama - 1869 - 746 pages
...Globe in a letter to his nephew, concludes thus:—" This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw,...cloaks; only one man had his breeches set on fire, tbat would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with... | |
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... and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train, consuming within less than an hour the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabrick, wherein yet nothing did perish but... 
