 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 488 pagini
...erroneously, castles, instead of cattels, the old word for chattels, as it is found in Holinshed, p. 909. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell,...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I haye ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ;... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 530 pagini
...SUFFOLK, SURREY, go off smiling L. and CHAMBERLAIN bows respectfully and follows. Wol. (nc) Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pagini
...passage seems to be taken from Shakspcare, Henry VIII. A. iii. S. ii. " This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth " The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...thinks, good easy man, full surely ." His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root ; " And then he falls, as I do." — Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pagini
...shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. So farewell to the little good you bear me, Farewell,...frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surelj His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd,... | |
 | 1827 - 412 pagini
...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...ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the •whole part of Andromache in the Distrest Mother.,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 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...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,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pagini
...tower; 'There let him learn obedience. CARDINAL WOLSEY AND CROMWELL. SHAKSPEARE. Wol. (alont.) Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state...full surely, His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot, And then he falls — as I do. 1 have ventured Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders,... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pagini
...cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue." TRAGEDY OP CATO.. " Farewell, along farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of...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,)... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pagini
...greatness! . Tliis is the state of man; — to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-rnorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...full surely, His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot, And then he falls — as 1 do. 1 have ventured Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Francis Barry Boyle] [St. Leger - 1829 - 336 pagini
...put into his mouth befit both the subject and the speaker : — This is the state of man ! — to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...— nips his root, — And then he falls, as I do ! The Cardinal was truly a man of vast mind — of a haughty and aspiring soul; and the spectacle of... | |
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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... 
