 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 394 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 Seiten
...circuml'atrantibus undis, Mole tenet JEN. IV. 254. MUTABILITY OF LIFE. This is the state of man : — To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow...greatness is a ripening— nips his root, And then he falls. 255. RELIANCE ON HUMAN SUPPORT. O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hang* on Princes' favours... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 388 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 500 Seiten
...farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope,7 to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,8 that his body shall remain in prison at the king's pleasure. This very description of the prcemunire... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 Seiten
...farewell, to all my greatness. This is the state of man. To-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a-ripeuiug, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. 2. A simile, or comparison is when the resemblance... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 Seiten
...farewell, to all my greatness! Tiiis is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...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... | |
 | 1814 - 568 Seiten
...after sweet meat comes sour sauce." " The prosperous man to-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do." Woolsty's Speech in King Henry VIII. Tanyuam Ungues Digitosque suos. The subject is... | |
 | William Dodsworth (verger.) - 1814 - 310 Seiten
...so feelingly described: " This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...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, These many summers... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 Seiten
...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...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 - 262 Seiten
...after sweet meat comes sour sauce." , " The prosperous man to-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...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... | |
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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... 
