 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...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... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 544 pages
...EIGHTH. [ACT m. This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; * to-inorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 310 pages
...to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. Wolsey. Henry VIII., Act iii. Sc. 2. GREATNESS [291]. .... some are born great, some achieve greatness... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 668 pages
...it, and, no doubt, shall thank you. So, fare you well, my little-good Lord Cardinal. {Exeunt all but WOLSEY. Wol. So, farewell to the little good you bear...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... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 232 pages
...filleth all in all." CAEDINAL WOLSEY'S SOLILOQUY ON HIS FALL. Shakspere. "King Henry VIII." Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1875 - 362 pages
...half the zeal I served my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
 | Isaac Plant Fleming - English language - 1875 - 382 pages
...word is. 7. Parse the words in italics in the following passage: This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. 8. Punctuate and analyse: I desire you as the last suit I am like to make to you to believe that I... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 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...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 pages
...to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far... | |
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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 ever... 
