 | William Shakespeare, Henry Norman 1814-1886 Hudson - History - 1872 - 542 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, and a few forsaken cloaks." Some of the circumstances here specified clearly point to the play which has come down to us as Shakespeare's.... | |
 | 1874 - 360 pages
...than an hour , the whole house to the very yround. This was the fatal pcriod of lhat virtuous fabric; wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks; onfy one man had Ms breeches sei on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him , if he had not , by... | |
 | Philip Massinger, John Ford - English drama - 1875 - 746 pages
...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,...forsaken cloaks; only one man had his breeches set on flre, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by thebenrfltof a provident wit, put it out... | |
 | James Robinson Planché - Clothing and dress - 1879 - 528 pages
...greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous." In contradiction to the ballad, however, he asserts that "nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few...would, perhaps, have broiled him if he had not, by benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottled ale,'' l The masque continued to be at the same... | |
 | Karl Elze - 1877 - 442 pages
...did perish but wood and straw, and a fciv forsaken eloaks; only one man had his breeches set on ßre, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the bencfit of a provident mit, put it out with bottle nie! l Dass übrigens der angerichtete Schaden keineswegs... | |
 | William Tegg - 1879 - 290 pages
...description of the conflagration as follows :—"This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabrick, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw,...his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broyled him, if he had not by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with a bottle of ale." This.,... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 678 pages
...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 wood and straw,...his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broyled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with a bottle of ale." From... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 320 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, and a few forsaken cloaks." Some of the circumstances here related clearly point to the play in hand. Sir Henry, to be sure, speaks... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson - 1880 - 204 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, and a few forsaken cloaks." Some of the circumstances here specified clearly point to the play which has come down to us as Shakespeare's.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 622 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, and a few forsaken cloaks." title " All is True" ; but the other two authorities describe it as " the play of Henry the Eighth.'1''... | |
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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... 
