 King Henry, making a masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where being thought at first but an idle smoke, and...  The Book of Table-talk - Page 158by Charles MacFarlane - 1836Full view - About this book
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 444 pages
...garter, the guards with their " embroidered coats, and the like, " sufficient in truth with a while " to make greatness very familiar^ " if not ridiculous....thatch .where, being thought " at first but an idle smoke, and " their eyes more attentive to the " show, it kindled inwardly, and " ran round like a train,... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 422 pages
...King Henry making a masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off l(at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith...thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1812 - 778 pages
...certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff whe-reV itk 34S with one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train,... | |
 | John Payne Collier - English drama - 1831 - 534 pages
...mask at the ' Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being * Shakespeare by Boswell, iii. 67. ( shot off at his entry, some of the paper, or other...thatch, where, being thought at first but an ' idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the ' show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a ' train,... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1831 - 390 pages
...house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper, or other stuff", wherwith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch,...more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and rart round like a train, consuming within less than an hour the whole house to the very ground. This... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the stuff did light on the thatch, where being thought at first but an idle smoke, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train, consuming within an hour the whole house to... | |
 | 1838 - 406 pages
...at the cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the stuff did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train, consuming, within an hour, the whole house... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1843 - 442 pages
...truth, within a while, to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous. Now King Henry, making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons...thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 pages
...truth, within a while to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous. Now King Henry, making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons...thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes being more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...Sir Henry Wotton thus describes the burning of the Globe Theatre: — "Now King Henry, making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons...thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes being more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train,... | |
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