 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...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,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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.... | |
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...application to himself : — "This is the state of mau : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...farewell, to all my greatness 1 This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...greatness is a 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...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...greatness is a ripening — 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...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...greatness is a ripening— nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim en bladders, These many summers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 368 pages
...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...greatness is a ripening, — 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And hears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day,...greatness is a ripening— 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when ne thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is...then he fulls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth :... | |
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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... 
