 Paston's wife,2 and he acknowledges Paston himself as his cousin in his will. From the general tenor of most of his letters we should certainly no more suspect him of being the old soldier that he actually was than of being Shakespeare's fat, disorderly...  The Paston Letters: 1422-1509 A.D. - Page lxxxviiedited by - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1873 - 612 pages
...' lawsuits and title deeds, extortions and injuries received from others, forged processes altering property- writs of one kind or another to be issued...able, though perhaps not very high-minded solicitor. . . . The familiarity shown even by Fastolf with all the forms and processes of the law is probably... | |
 | James Gairdner - 1901 - 634 pages
...certainly no more suspect him of being the old soldier that he actually was than of being Shakespeare's fat, disorderly knight. Every sentence in them refers...responsibility which turned out afterwards to be a failure.1 Sir John was not the man to pass over lightly injuries done by inadvertence. The familiarity... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 432 pages
...certainly no more suspect him of being the old soldier that he actually was than of being Shakespeare's fat disorderly knight. Every sentence in them refers...able, though perhaps not very high-minded, solicitor." Decidedly Fastolf bears less resemblance to Falstaff than to another famous creation of the comic stage.1... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1903 - 430 pages
...certainly no more suspect him of being the old soldier that he actually was than of being Shakespeare's fat disorderly knight. Every sentence in them refers...able, though perhaps not very high-minded, solicitor." Decidedly Fastolf bears less resemblance to Falstaff than to another famous creation of the comic stage.1... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1903 - 432 pages
...issued against his adversaries, libels uttered The Paston Caister Castle From a drawing by CRB Barrett against himself, and matters of the like description....able, though perhaps not very high-minded, solicitor." Decidedly Fastolf bears less resemblance to Falstaff than to another famous creation of the comic stage.1... | |
 | James Gairdner - England - 1904 - 376 pages
...certainly no more suspect him of being the old soldier that he actually was than of being Shakespeare's fat, disorderly knight. Every sentence in them refers...was not the man to pass over lightly injuries done by inadvertence. The familiarity shown by Fastolf with all the forms and processes of the law is probably... | |
 | Great Britain - 1904 - 356 pages
...certainly no more suspect him of being the old soldier that he actually was than of being Shakespeare's fat, disorderly knight. Every sentence in them refers...was not the man to pass over lightly injuries done by inadvertence. The familiarity shown by Fastolf with all the forms and processes of the law is probably... | |
 | James Gairdner - England - 1904 - 356 pages
...affecting property, writs of one kind or another to be issued against his adversaries, libels uttered j against himself, and matters of the like description....responsibility which turned out afterwards to be a failure.8 Sir John was not the man to pass over lightly injuries done by inadvertence. The familiarity... | |
 | James Gairdner - England - 1910 - 604 pages
...certainly no more suspect him of being the old soldier that he actually was than of being Shakespeare's fat, disorderly knight. Every sentence in them refers...responsibility which turned out afterwards to be a failure.1 Sir John was not the man to pass over lightly injuries done by inadvertence. The familiarity... | |
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