 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...  Composition, literary and rhetorical, simplified - Page 91by rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 466 pages
...good you bear me. 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 blossoms,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1790 - 558 pages
...comes a troft, a. killing froft ; And, — when he thinks, good eafy man, full furel> His greatnefs is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. Í have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that fwim on bladders, 'i liefe many fummers in a fea of... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...FALL. SHAKESFEARE. Jr AREWEL, a long farewe! to all my greatness ! This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope : to-morrow blossoms,...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... | |
 | 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 greatness is a ripening, nips his root; " And then — he falls as 1 do." AM»d again in the same soliloquy, " I... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 280 pages
...on his fall. ' Farewell!— a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man! today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms,...frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely Hib greatness is a ripening, nips hit root, And then he fallt as I do.' We have likewise a fine example... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...on his fall. ' 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,...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... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 304 pages
...! This is the state of man : to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, 1 And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The...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... | |
 | 1803 - 408 pages
...the state of man !.... to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms. And hears his blushing honours thick upon him. The third day...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. We have likewise a fine example of this in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...you bear me. 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,...his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, conies a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness... | |
 | 1803 - 488 pages
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