 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 pages
...Farewel, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope,5 to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,6 And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 420 pages
...of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope,5 to-morrow hlossoms, And hears his hlushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost,...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,6 And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton hoys... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...in a mournful tone ; as in that pathetical soliloquy of Cardinal Wolsey on his fall. " Farewell!— a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state...he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow hlossoms. And hears his hloshing honours thick upon him, The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 380 pages
...and to be put out of the king's protection." Chrait. Vol. Hi P. 909. Malanc. Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness! This is the state of man; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, 5 to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day, comes a frost,... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...is however very beautiful: the third line is finely descriptive.... 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," &c. Jfenry VIII. As I have shewn you also that Mr. Gibbon... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...To-d&y heputsiorth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow, blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a ripuiing, nips his shoot ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...And streams shall murmur all around. CARDINAL WOLSEY's LAMENTATION OF HIS FALL. SHAKSPEAKE. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...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
...speculative sages in the episode of a chorus. WOLSEY. So farewell to the little good you bear me ! Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...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. —... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 336 pages
...me ! Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! , . ' M This 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. — I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 272 pages
...as in that pathetical soliloquy of cardinal Wolsey on his fall. The tenderleaves of hope ; to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...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 the... | |
| |
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... 
