| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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...thinks, good 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, that... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. « Nay then, farewell! THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell,...honours thick upon him; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And,—when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...mortal greatness, so finely imaged by the poet of human nature: " This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full sure His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." He was now, at the early age of... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...vegetable nature : This is the state of man; to-day be puts forth The lender leaves of hupe, to morrow superior power: it reconciles superiority of power...the feelings of man, and establishes solid confide — nips bis root In such metaphors (besides their intrinsic elegance) we may say the reader is flattered;... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 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...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,... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 pages
...would bite his lip To hear the javel so good men to nip. Hutberd This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And when he thinks, ^ood easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nipt his root ; And then he falls, as I do.... | |
| William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...good you bear me Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man: To-day lie puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms....third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, when lie thinks, good easy man, full sure! v Hin greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness in a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys... | |
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