| William Shakespeare - 1813 - 500 pàgines
...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... | |
| Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pàgines
...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,... | |
| William Dodsworth (verger.) - 1814 - 310 pàgines
...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...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, These... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pàgines
...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...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... | |
| 1814 - 568 pàgines
...a 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,...full surely His 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.... | |
| 1814 - 262 pàgines
...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... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 640 pàgines
...of Wolsey :— " 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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening—nips his root, And, then he falls as I do." Another of the uses of winter is that it succours... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 pàgines
...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,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pàgines
...the mind : Wolaey. Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...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... | |
| 1877 - 798 pàgines
...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...full surely His greatness 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... | |
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