 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...  Select British Classics - Page 3061803Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 272 pages
...soliloquy of cardinal Wolsey on his fall. The tenderleaves of hope ; to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day...have likewise a fine example of this in the whole of Andromache in The Distrest Mother* particularly in these lines — ' I'll go, and in the anguish... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 336 pages
...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...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 in a sea of... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips bis root: And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 338 pages
...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...killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, fall surelj His greatness is a ripening, nips his root ; ' . ' • And then he falls, as I do. —... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 278 pages
...Thisjsthe stale of man ! to day he puts Jjyk 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 he tbinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 304 pages
...leaves of hope : to-morrow blossoms, ' And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; ' The third clay comes a frost, a killing frost ; 'And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely ' His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, ' And then he falls as I do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 476 pages
...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,...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, bike little, wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...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,...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, ' if a proemunire,] It is almost unnecessary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 394 pages
...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,...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 a sea of glory... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 464 pages
...bears his blushing honours tbick upon him; The third day, conies a frost, a killing frost; And, wben he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness...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 a sea of glory... | |
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