 This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks ; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not by the benefit of a provident...  Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-L - Page 18by David Erskine Baker - 1812Full view - About this book
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 444 pages
...of that virtuous fabrique, " wherein nothing did perish but " wood and straw, and a few for" saken cloaks ; only one man " had his breeches set on fire,...perhaps have broiled " him, if he had not, by the be" nefit of a provident wit, put it "out with bottled ale." Of thi8 piece I here is no other account... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - Dramatists, English - 1812 - 418 pages
...ground. This was the fatal pe" wherein nothing did perish but " wood and straw, and a few for" saken cloaks ; only one man " had his breeches set on fire, " that would perhaps have broiled "nefit of a provident wit, put it " him, if he had not, by the be" out with bottled ale." Of this piece... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 564 pages
...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, and a few forsaken cloaks." From a letter of Mr. John Chamberlaine's to Sir Ralph Winwood, dated July 8, 16)3, in which this accident... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 578 pages
...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, and a few forsaken...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 bottle ale." From a letter... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 572 pages
...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, and a few forsaken cloaks ; only one man hud his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broyled him, if he had not by the benefit of... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - NEH British History Preservation Project - 1996 - 1821 - 314 pages
...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 and a few forsaken cloaks." It was rebuilt, however, in the next year, in a style of decoration far more costly. Contiguous were... | |
 | Thomas Kitson Cromwell - Surrey (England) - 1821 - 300 pages
...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 and a few forsaken cloaks." It was rebuilt, however, in the next year, in a style of decoration far more costly. Contiguous were... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1829 - 524 pages
...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, and a few forsaken...not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out CHAP. If. with a bottle of ale." From a letter of Mr. John Chamberlaine's to Sir Ralph Winwood, dated... | |
 | John Payne Collier - English drama - 1831 - 526 pages
...whole house to the very grounds. This was the ' fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet ' nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few '...the benefit of a provident wit, put ' it out with bottle ale *. ' July 3, 1613.' John Chamberlain, in a letter preserved in Winwood's Memorials f, dated... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1831 - 390 pages
...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, and a few forsaken...on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he * Reliq. Wotton, p. 425, edit. 1685. had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out CHAP. It.... | |
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