 Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever...  Modern French Literature - Pagina 397de Louis Raymond Véricour - 1848 - 448 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagini
...reprinted this Review in a small volume by itself. See Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. • 'I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory. But far beyond my depth.' Henry VIII. Act iii. sc. 2. ' Musical Travels through England, by Joel Collier... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagini
...reprinted this Review in a small volume by itself. See Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. 1 ' I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth.' Henry VIII. Act iii. sc. 2. 1 Musical Travels through England, by Joel Collier... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pagini
...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke tinder me ; and now has left me, Weary,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 548 pagini
...good easy man, full-surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pagini
...greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like liiile wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me. Weary,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 472 pagini
...good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 pagini
...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,6 And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 380 pagini
...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips his root, 5 And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 394 pagini
...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 464 pagini
...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth: my higb-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary,... | |
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