 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 ページ
...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,... | |
 | 1877 - 798 ページ
...generalisation, ends with a melancholy application to himself : — "This is the state of mau : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...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 ; Hut... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 ページ
...mind :, , .. Wolsey. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness 1 This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow...ripening, nips his .root, And then he falls as I do. Henry VHI. Act in, Sc. 2. SECT. VII.—Figure of Speech. timate the relation is, the figure is the... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 ページ
...FARE WELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth Tht tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears...full surely His greatness is a 'ripening, nips his ohoot — And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 526 ページ
...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 root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1822 - 486 ページ
...fidelity and beauty, that no apology can be necessary for introducing it in this place. " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full sorely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root : And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 394 ページ
...a mournful tone : as in that pathetical soliloquy of Cardinal Wolsey on his fall. ' Farewell ! — a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then ho falls as 1 do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole of Andromache in The Distrest... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 ページ
...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. '1 have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 252 ページ
...fall. This is the state of man! to-day he puts forth Farewell!—a long farewell to all ray greatness! The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And...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, particularly... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 ページ
...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...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, particularly... | |
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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... 
