 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue." TRAGEDY OP CATO.. " Farewell, along farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of...thinks, (good easy man,) full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, (Like little wanton boys, that... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...greatness! . Tliis is the state of man; — to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-rnorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot, And then he falls — as 1 do. 1 have ventured Like little wanton boys,... | |
 | Francis Barry Boyle] [St. Leger - 1829 - 336 pages
...put into his mouth befit both the subject and the speaker : — 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 ! The Cardinal was truly a man of vast... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...Cromwell.— HENRY VIII. Wol. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; tomorrow...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... | |
 | Alfred Pownall - Bible - 1864 - 112 pages
...of a tree whose leaf suddenly withereth, and whose fruit falleth. 4 This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...honours thick upon him. The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And—when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...ruefully ruminating over the fame that was, the disgrace that is, and the death that soon will be. Wolsev: So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell!...all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; tomorrow the blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...26.— The Philosophy of Civilization, trans. CT Campion, part 2, p. 321 (1949, reissued 1981). 1103 So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell!...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 thick... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - History - 1995 - 544 pages
...speaker is Cardinal Wolsey): This is the state of man; today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. The civilized world seems, we have said, to be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this! So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell?...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 honors thick upon... | |
 | John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 278 pages
...Shakespeare When thou dost hear a toll or knell Then think upon thy passing bell. John Ray Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the...of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy... | |
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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... 
