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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... "
King Henry VI. Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and ... - Page 1754
by William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. ....

William Shakespeare - 1800 - 370 pages
...comes a froit, a killing froft ; And, — when he thinks, good eafy man, full furely His greatnefs is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls,...little wanton boys that fwim on bladders, This many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyoiid my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...frost, a killing 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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...conies 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,...do. I have ventur'd, 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...
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Shakespeare's King Henry the eighth, a historical play, revised ..., Volume 226

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 80 pages
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; 4 And, — when he thinks, good easy man ! full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls,...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...
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King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 384 pages
...— when he thinks, good eafy man, full furely His greatnefs is a ripening, — nips hii root,(;j) And then he falls, as 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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 548 pages
...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 ventur'd, 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...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening , nips his shoot ; 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...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 232 pages
...froft, And when he thinks, good eafy man, full fwely, His greatnefs is a ripening, nips his (hoot ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that fwirh on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a lea of glory, At length broke under me ; and, now, has left...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,' — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls,...do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 1 ' of a praemunire,] It is almost unnecessary to observe that prcemunire is a barbarous...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls,...do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, i of a praemunire,] It is almost unnecessary to observe that pramunire is a barbarous...
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