| William Shakespeare - 1891 - 236 pages
...forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty. . . . Now, King Henry making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons...off at his entry, some of the paper, or other stuff where with one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - London (England) - 1891 - 640 pages
...and the like. Now King Henry meeting a. masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain chambers being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped did light on the thatch, where being thought at first but an idle... | |
| William Carew Hazlitt - English drama - 1892 - 304 pages
...called All is true, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of...off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle... | |
| England - 1892 - 946 pages
...Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats and the like, sufficient in truth with a while to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous....off at his entry, some of the paper, or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle... | |
| Walter Thornbury - London (England) - 1893 - 672 pages
...and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like ; sufficient in truth within awhile to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous....off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff, wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but idle... | |
| Thomas Archer - English literature - 1893 - 560 pages
...life or limb, for Sir Henry Wotton thus describes the catastrophe : — "King Henry, making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons...being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or stuff wherewith one of them was stopped did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - English drama - 1895 - 566 pages
...of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty. Now King Henry making a masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's...off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle... | |
| Henry Morley - English literature - 1895 - 496 pages
...truth, within a while, to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous. Now King Henry, making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons...off at his entry, some of the paper, or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle... | |
| William Hansell Fleming - Drama - 1895 - 324 pages
...performance of "King Henry VIII." This event is described by Sir Henry Wo tton : "King Henry, making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons...being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or stuff wherewith one of them was stopped did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but... | |
| Edward Robins - Actors - 1895 - 390 pages
...greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous. Now King Henry making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey' s house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle... | |
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