 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...blossoms, And bears his blushing 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 rip'ning, nips his root: And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...soliloquy of cardinal Wolsey, an emphatical pause is properly introduced into the first metaphor. . " And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely " His...ripening, nips his root; " And then — he falls as 1 do." AM»d again in the same soliloquy, " I have ventured, " Like little wanton boys, that swim on... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 304 pages
...blossoms, 1 And bears his blushing 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 his root, JUid then he falls as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton hoys that swim on bladders, This many... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely Hii greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole of Andromache in The Distrest Mother, particularly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, conies a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely...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 At length broke... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...blossoms. And hears his blushing honours thick upon him. The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His...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, particularly... | |
 | 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 At length broke under... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...blushing honors thick ilpon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when bethinks, 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 lutle 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... 
