 | Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 Seiten
...were but yesterday so vivid, so sanguine ! but, as Wolsey says — ' This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he tails, as I do.' But what is to be done ? had I not better make up nay mind to return at once to St.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 488 Seiten
...erroneously, castles, instead of cattels, the old word for chattels, as it is found in Holinshed, p. 909. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell,...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I haye ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ;... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 530 Seiten
...SUFFOLK, SURREY, go off smiling L. and CHAMBERLAIN bows respectfully and follows. Wol. (nc) Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...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 glory ; But... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 Seiten
...passage seems to be taken from Shakspcare, Henry VIII. A. iii. S. ii. " 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." — Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 Seiten
...shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. So farewell to the little good you bear me, Farewell,...frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surelj His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd,... | |
 | 1827 - 412 Seiten
...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...ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the •whole part of Andromache in the Distrest Mother.,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 Seiten
...tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And hears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third dav, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks,...falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boy? that swim on bladders This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...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...easy man, full surely • • . ' His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his shoot ; And then 'he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, / Like little wanton boys,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 Seiten
...tower; 'There let him learn obedience. CARDINAL WOLSEY AND CROMWELL. SHAKSPEARE. Wol. (alont.) Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state...full surely, His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot, And then he falls — as I do. 1 have ventured Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders,... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 Seiten
...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...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 swim on bladders,)... | |
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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... 
