 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pagini
...my greatness! This is the state of man : to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his shoot ;' And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 444 pagini
...hope, to-morrow blossoms, (1) Absolute. (2) As the Pope's legate. '3) A writ inc'ivi'iig a [wnalty. And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — mps his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 358 pagini
...answer, About the giving back the great seal to us, The king shall know it, and, no doubt, shall thunk you. So fare you well, my little good lord cardinal....nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have vcntur'd, * Absolute. •(• As the Pope's legate. JA writ incurring a penalty. Like little wanton... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pagini
...behind : We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls as I do. O Gentlemen, the time of life is short : To spend that shortness basely, 'twere too long, Tho' life... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 444 pagini
...well, my little good lord cardinal. [Exeunt NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, SURREY, and CHAMBERLAIN. Wol. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 pagini
...of human happiness, and the end of human ambition. " Such is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth tender leaves of hope; To-morrow blossoms, And bears...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, never to hope again." BDELLIUM. rfna BEDOLAH. Occ. Gen. ii. 12; and Numb. xi. 7. Interpreters seem... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pagini
...mortal greatness, so finely imaged by the poet of human nature: " This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full sure His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." He was now, at the early age of... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pagini
...act iii. sc. 6. This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips hi> root; And then he falls, as I do.— Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that as spring-frosts are... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pagini
...him, I am sure of my reward from the other side. VI. — Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell. Wol. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 pagini
...were but yesterday so vivid, so sanguine ! but, as Wolsey says — ' This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he tails, as I do.' But what is to be done ? had I not better make up nay mind to return at once to St.... | |
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Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when... 
