 | William Dodsworth (verger.) - 1814 - 310 pages
...fortune, which our great dramatic poet has so feelingly described: " This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...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,... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...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...he 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...good you bear me. * Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! Tiiis is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...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... | |
 | Proverbs - 1814 - 262 pages
...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,...he thinks, good easy 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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...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...he thinks, good easy man, 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...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...he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his .root, And then he falls as I do. Henry VHI. Act in, Sc. 2. SECT. VII.—Figure... | |
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...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...thinks — good easy man — full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...with a spirit conscious of his own superiority, he breaks out into that fine apostrophe— " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...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... | |
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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... 
