 | 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...his breeches set on fire, that would, perhaps, have broiled him if he had not, by benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottled ale,'' l The masque... | |
 | 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 - 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''... | |
 | 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 - 1881 - 228 pages
...the trial of the Queen formed a part of the play. 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." Howes, in... | |
 | Edward Walford, George W. Redway - Archaeology - 1885 - 338 pages
...inwardly and ran round like a train, consuming in less than an hour the whole House to the very ground ; nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks, and one man had his breeches set on fire." Another letter : " But it was a great marvel and grace of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 1048 pages
...than an hour tho*wbole 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." From all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 528 pages
...than an hour the whole house to (he very ground. This was ihe 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." From all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1884 - 440 pages
...the trial of the Queen formed a part of the play. 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." Howes, in... | |
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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... 
