 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1854 - 670 pages
...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, and a few forsaken...; 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."... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1854 - 670 pages
...and straw, and a few forsaken 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." In the following year (1614) the house was rebuilt, and decorated with more ornament than... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 380 pages
...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...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
...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...; 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
...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...by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale." Fires seem to have menaced Shakspeare on all sides, and he had narrow escapes. As there... | |
 | William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 188 pages
...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 and a few forsaken...by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle-ale." Prom what has been already advanced respecting players and theatres, we proceed to draw... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 652 pages
...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
...to his nephew, concludes thus :— « This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken...by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale."— 4»mal», vol. iii. 299. Probably a hit at the preposterous size and padding of the... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Dwellings - 1859 - 396 pages
...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; 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."... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Authors, English - 1860 - 394 pages
...very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish hut wood and straw and a few forsaken 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."... | |
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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... 
