 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 444 pagine
...So fare you well, my little good lord cardinal. [Exeunt NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, SURREY, and CHAMBERLAIN. Wol. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pagine
...behind : We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls as I do. O Gentlemen, the time of life is short : To spend that shortness basely, 'twere too long, Tho' life... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 pagine
...of human happiness, and the end of human ambition. " Such is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth tender leaves of hope; To-morrow blossoms, And bears...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, never to hope again." BDELLIUM. rfna BEDOLAH. Occ. Gen. ii. 12; and Numb. xi. 7. Interpreters seem... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pagine
...Nay then, farewell! THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the...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... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pagine
...mortal greatness, so finely imaged by the poet of human nature: " This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full sure His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." He was now, at the early age of... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pagine
...act iii. sc. 6. This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips hi> root; And then he falls, as I do.— Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that as spring-frosts are... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pagine
...the affair ; for though I get nothing out of him, I am sure of my reward from the other side. VI. — Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell. Wol. FAREWELL, a long...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 pagine
...were but yesterday so vivid, so sanguine ! but, as Wolsey says — ' This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he tails, as I do.' But what is to be done ? had I not better make up nay mind to return at once to St.... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 530 pagine
...SUFFOLK, SURREY, go off smiling L. and CHAMBERLAIN bows respectfully and follows. Wol. (nc) Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 488 pagine
...chattels, as it is found in Holinshed, p. 909. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I haye ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ;... | |
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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... 
