 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 556 páginas
...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 wit, put it out with bottle ale," Here, then, is a new play described, " representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry VIII.;"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1854 - 538 páginas
...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 wit, put it out with bottle ale." From all which it would seem that the play originally had a double title, one referring to the plan, the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1854 - 670 páginas
...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 was bestowed... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 páginas
...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." Fires seem to have menaced Shakspeare on all sides, and he had narrow escapes. As there is no mention... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 380 páginas
...a few forsaken cloaks : 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 ale." Here, then, is a new play described, " representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry VIII.... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 páginas
...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 wit, put it out with bottle-ale." From what has been already advanced respecting players and theatres, we proceed to draw... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1859 - 396 páginas
...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." Fires seem to have menaced Shakspeare on all sides, and he had narrow escapes. As there is no mention... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1860 - 312 páginas
...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 wit, put it out with bottled ale." Of this piece there is no other account on record. ALL MISTAKEN. All Mistaken, or the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1863 - 566 páginas
...few forfaken cloaks; only " one man had his breeches fet 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" A view of this theatre and the contiguous buildings is given in Wilkinfon's ' Londina... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 páginas
...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 wit, put it out with bottle ale."* Here, then, is a new play described " repre* ' Reliquiip Wottonianw.* senting some principal pieces... | |
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... 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 wit put it out with bottle ale. 
