 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The lender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...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...thinks, good easy 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...vegetable nature : This is the state of man; to-day be puts forth The lender leaves of hupe, to morrow superior power: it reconciles superiority of power...the feelings of man, and establishes solid confide — nips bis root In such metaphors (besides their intrinsic elegance) we may say the reader is flattered;... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...him, I am sure of my reward from the other side. VI. — Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell. Wol. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 372 pages
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but WOLSEY. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...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... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 648 pages
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but WoLSEY. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...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... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 530 pages
...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...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 Shakespeare - 1826 - 490 pages
...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...blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him31 : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full... | |
 | Jeremy Ladd Cross - Freemasonry - 1826 - 372 pages
...to our surprise, in the short space of an hour, 'they are all exhausted. Thus wastes man ! To-day, he puts forth the tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow,...and bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; the next day comes a frost, which nips the shoot; and when he thinks his greatness is still aspiring, he... | |
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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... 
