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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 honors thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, when he... "
A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 137
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 762 pages
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King Henry VIII. Coriolanus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 466 pages
...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...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 6so These many summers in a sea of glory ;...
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Select British Classics, Volume 17

English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms. And hears his blushing honours thick upon him. The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,...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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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, conies a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks,...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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pages
...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...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...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...hope, to-morrow blossoms,, M 5 ' • ' And bears his blushing hdnours thick upon him j The third d;iy comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks,...ripening, nips his root; And then he falls as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wantcn boys, that swim on bladders, These many suir.mers in a sea of glory. But...
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The British Essayists, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 494 pages
...he pufs 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,...ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole of Andromache in The Distrest Mother, particularly...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...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...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; Hut...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volume 1

1808 - 306 pages
...he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow hlossoms. And hears his hloshing honours thick upon him, The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,...ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do." 'Wo have likewise a fine example of this in the whole part of Andromache in the Distrest Mother, particularly...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...Tp ARE\\ EL, a longfurewel to all my greatness J ' J/ This is the state of man : To-d&y heputsiorth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow, blossoms, And...thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a ripuiing, nips his shoot ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...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...greatness is a ripening nips his root, And then he falls," &c. Jfenry VIII. As I have shewn you also that Mr. Gibbon could commit an error in the construction...
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