| David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 422 pages
...house, and certain cannons being shot off l(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 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,... | |
| David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 444 pages
...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 " their eyes more attentive to the " show, it kindled inwardly, and " ran round like a train,... | |
| Thomas Cromwell - NEH British History Preservation Project - 1996 - 1821 - 314 pages
...at the Cardinals's house; and cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the stuff wherewith one was stopped did light on the thatch, where, being...kindled inwardly and ran round like a train, consuming in less than an hour the whole house, to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous... | |
| Thomas Kitson Cromwell - Surrey (England) - 1821 - 300 pages
...at the Cardinals's house ; and cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the stuff wherewith one was stopped did light on the thatch, where, being...kindled inwardly and ran round like a train, consuming in less than an hour the whole house, to. the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous... | |
| Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1831 - 390 pages
...majesty, even to the matting of the stage : the knights of the order with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like;...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... | |
| John Payne Collier - English drama - 1831 - 526 pages
...Shakespeare by Boswell, iii. 67. ' 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 their eyes more attentive to the ' show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a ' train,... | |
| English periodicals - 1832 - 424 pages
...some of the paper, or other stuff wherewith one of them did light on the thatch, where being thonght at first but an idle smoak, and their eyes more attentive...train, consuming within less than an hour the whole bouse to the very ground. " This was the fatal period of that vertuons fabrique, wherein yet nothing... | |
| 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... | |
| Thomas Allen - London (England) - 1839 - 606 pages
...majesty, even to the mailing of the stage : the knights of the order with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like...the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like atrain, consuming within less lhaii an hour the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal... | |
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