 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...  The Plays - Pagina 188de William Shakespeare - 1824Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pagini
...MUTABILITY OF LIFE. This is the state of man : — To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms And bears his blushing honours...is a ripening— nips his root, And then he falls. 255. RELIANCE ON HUMAN SUPPORT. O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hang* on Princes' favours !... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pagini
...Shakspeare's Henry V1U. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness. This is the state of man. To-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms,...thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a-ripeuiug, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. 2. A simile, or comparison is when the resemblance... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 500 pagini
...farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope,7 to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,8 that his body shall remain in prison at the king's pleasure. This very description of the prcemunire... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pagini
...never so tenderly, mournfully, and perfectly as in the regretful lament of Wolsey :— " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening—nips his root, And, then he falls as I do." Another of the uses of winter is that it succours... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pagini
...WoL "ITjl ARE WELL, 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...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | 1814 - 262 pagini
...great height a great fall, and " after sweet meat comes sour sauce." , " The prosperous man to-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms,...man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips bis root, Aud then he falls as I do." Woolsey's Speech in King Henry VIII. Tanquam Ungues Digitosque... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pagini
...day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Sir Richard Colt Hoare - 1815 - 402 pagini
...future ; but on a sudden comes " a frost, a killing frost," and to apply the exclamutioii of Wolsey, " And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely " His...a ripening, nips his root, '« And then he falls." Such was the prosperity of Venice in the year 1508. By its extensive trade, and by the sound policy... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pagini
...misfortune however great : the struggle agitates and animates the mind : Wolaey. Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day...third day comes a frost, a killing frost. And when lie thinks, good easy man, full surely His .greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagini
...tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, [him : And bears his blushing honors thick upon The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And when he thinks,...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his rogt, And then he falls, as I do. I hare ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders.... | |
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