 Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 425by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1765 - 500 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory, But far beyond my depth ; my high blown...under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1765 - 522 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory, But far beyond my depth ; my high blown...pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Wear)' and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1772 - 304 pages
...do. I have ye'ntur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe many iimimers in a fea of glory, But far beyond my depth ; my high blown...under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a, rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory.of this world,... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1772 - 304 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thcfe many fummers in a fea of glory, But far beyond my depth ; my high blown...under me, and. now has left me,. Weary and old with fervice, to the mercy Qf a rude fiream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world,... | |
 | Prolusiones - 1788 - 210 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thcfe many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high blown...under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 466 pages
...; And— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His 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, 6so These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length... | |
 | John Borthwick Gilchrist - Hindustani language - 1796 - 360 pages
...do. I haveXventur'd, Like -little wanton boys that fwim on bladders; , Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyond my .depth ; my high blown...pride"' At length broke under me, and now has left ice, Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that rnuft for ever hide me. Vain... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...reprinted this Review in a small volume by itself. See Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. • 'I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...summers in a sea of glory. But far beyond my depth.' Henry VIII. Act iii. sc. 2. ' Musical Travels through England, by Joel Collier [not Collyer], Organist,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...reprinted this Review in a small volume by itself. See Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. 1 ' I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth.' Henry VIII. Act iii. sc. 2. 1 Musical Travels through England, by Joel Collier [not Collyer], Organist,... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, 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, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke... | |
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