 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1854 - 670 pages
...than an hour, the whole house to the very grounds. 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 - 1856 - 380 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,...only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perbaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle... | |
 | 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 Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 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,...his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale." Fires seem... | |
 | William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 188 pages
...an hour the whole house to the very grounds. This F was the fatal period to that virtuous fabrique, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw...his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle-ale." Prom what... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Philip Massinger, John Ford - English drama - 1859 - 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,...his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale."— 4»mal»,... | |
 | 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."... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - English drama - 1860 - 342 pages
...hour, the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabrique, wherein nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken...his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottled ale." Of this... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - English drama - 1860 - 312 pages
...hour, the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabrique, wherein nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken...his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottled ale." Of this... | |
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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 had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident... 
