 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 σελίδες
...It may be 'twas myself." Expectation. " But was the devil a pro1 per man, gossip ?" Mirth. " As tine a gentleman of his inches • as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any 1 where else ; and lov'd the commonwealth ' as well as e'er a patriot of 'em all : he would ' carry... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 σελίδες
...Expectation. " But4 was the devil a pro' pi-r man, gossip ?" Mirth. " As une a gentleman of his inches 1 as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any •' where else ; and lov'd the commonwealth ' as wellase'erapatnO'toPeinall : he would ' carry away the vice on his back,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 σελίδες
...Devil." It being VOL. i. 4 asked, " But was the Devil a proper man ? " Gossip Mirth replies, " As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage or anywhere else ; and loved the commonwealth as well as ever a patriot of them all : he would carry away... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 866 σελίδες
...II. Ben Jonson's Staple of News, p. IfJf,, 8vo. There was no Play without a Fool and a Devil in't. He would carry away the Vice on his back, quick to Hell, &c. III. And afterwards, p. 187: But here is never a Friend to carry him away. Besides, he has never... | |
 | John Payne Collier - 1831 - 520 σελίδες
...termination of the adventures of the Vice, for him to be carried off' to hell on the back of the devil : ' he would carry away ' the Vice on his back, quick to hell, in every play ' where he came.' In The Longer thou livest the more Fool thou art, and in Like will to Like, the Vice is disposed of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 σελίδες
...termination of the adventures of the Vice, for him to be carried off to hell on the back of the devil : And smil'st upon the stroke that murders me. FBI. O deadly sin ! O rude unthankfulness In The longer (Jiou limit the more Fool Hum art, and in Like Will to Like, the Vice is disposed of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 836 σελίδες
...urmination of the adventures of the Vice, for him WI* carried off to hell on the back of the devil : se, ho came." In The loiujer thoK liivst tlit »•*? Fool thou art, and in Like Will to Lite, thejice... | |
 | Robert Nares - 1859 - 544 σελίδες
...Jerónimo, Part 1st, O. PI., iii, 85. Eip. But was the dcril a proper тая, gossip Î Mirla. ta fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or anywhere else. B. Joiu. Staple of News, 1st Intermean. The speakers there mean, however, the man who... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 532 σελίδες
...termination of the adventures of the Vice for him to be carried off to hell on the back of the devil : ' he would carry away the Vice on his back, quick to hell, in every play where he came.' In The Longer thou livest the more Fool thou art, and in Like will to Like, the Vice is disposed of... | |
 | 1870 - 610 σελίδες
...termination of the adventures of the Vice, for him to be carried off to hell on the back of the Devil : " ink so, There came not six days since, from I lull, a pipe ' if rich Canary, which sh " ' Of moral plays a considerable number are still extant, some in manuscript, and some printed. The... | |
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Mirth leads us to suppose that it was a very common termination of the adventures of the Vice for him to be carried off to hell on the back of the devil : ' he would carry away the Vice on his back, quick to hell, in every play where he came. 
