 | Noah Webster - 1814 - Liczba stron: 240
...WoL "ITjl ARE WELL, 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...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,... | |
 | 1814 - Liczba stron: 262
...great height a great fall, and " after sweet meat comes sour sauce." , " The prosperous man to-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms,...man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips bis root, Aud then he falls as I do." Woolsey's Speech in King Henry VIII. Tanquam Ungues Digitosque... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - Liczba stron: 424
...day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Sir Richard Colt Hoare - 1815 - Liczba stron: 402
...future ; but on a sudden comes " a frost, a killing frost," and to apply the exclamutioii of Wolsey, " And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely " His...a ripening, nips his root, '« And then he falls." Such was the prosperity of Venice in the year 1508. By its extensive trade, and by the sound policy... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - Liczba stron: 452
...misfortune however great : the struggle agitates and animates the mind : Wolaey. Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day...third day comes a frost, a killing frost. And when lie thinks, good easy man, full surely His .greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Liczba stron: 490
...tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, [him : And bears his blushing honors thick upon The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And when he thinks,...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his rogt, And then he falls, as I do. I hare ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders.... | |
 | Joshua Bradley - 1816 - Liczba stron: 340
...yet to our surprise, in the short space of an hour they are all exhausted. Thus wastes man ; today he puts forth the tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow,...bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; . the next day comes a frost, which nips the shoot, and when he thinks his greatness is still aspiring, he... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - Liczba stron: 532
...mind :, , .. Wolsey. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness 1 This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow...is a ripening, nips his .root, And then he falls as I do. Henry VHI. Act in, Sc. 2. SECT. VII.—Figure of Speech. timate the relation is, the figure is... | |
 | 1877 - Liczba stron: 798
...generalisation, ends with a melancholy application to himself : — "This is the state of mau : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - Liczba stron: 392
...conscious of his own superiority, he breaks out into that fine apostrophe " Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness! This is the state of man; to-day...honours thick upon him; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; Arid—when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening—nips... | |
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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... 
