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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 forever... "
The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copies ... - Page 214
by William Shakespeare - 1823
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Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers ...

Catharine Harbeson Waterman - Flower language - 1839 - 284 pages
...greene, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal monument of me. HERRICK. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. SHAKSPEAM. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels; how can man then,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 592 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new opened. O, how...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 592 pages
...full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new opened. O, how...
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Shakspearian Readings: Selected and Adapted for Young Persons and Others

William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...that swim on bladders, These 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,...that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate you ! I feel my heart new open'd : Oh, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on...
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Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes ..., Volume 1

William Howitt - Durham (England : County) - 1840 - 548 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening,— 'nips his root, And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has led me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. Vain...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...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. I have...high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now hath left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me....
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This...left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy I SCENE II. KING HENRY VIII. 261 Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory...
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Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises ...

James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 374 pages
...surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide me ! " 2. Solemnity and Sublimity. " Oh ! listen, man ! A voice within us speaks that...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...surely His greatness is a-ripening — nips his root ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new opened. O, how...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...And then he falls, as 1 do. I have venlur'd, Like lillle wanton boys, thst swim on bladuerft, These many summers — in a sea of glory, But far beyond...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever — hide me Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hau Tnc 1 feel my heart now open'd. O ! icow...
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