 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 he...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 5761855Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 466 pages
...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 his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 6so These many summers... | |
 | 1809 - 572 pages
...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 have ventured, " Like little wanton boys, that... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 304 pages
...blushing 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 his root, JUid then he falls as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton hoys that swim on bladders, This many... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803
...honours thick upon him : The third day, conies a frost, a killing frost ; And, when 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 that swim on bladders. This many summers in... | |
 | 1803 - 408 pages
...blushing 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 his root, And then he falls, as I do. We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole part of Andromache in the Distrest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 80 pages
...honours thick upon him: The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; 4 And, when 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 that swim on bladders, These many summers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 512 pages
...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 his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like liiile wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...blushing hdnours thick upon him j The third d;iy comes a frost, a killing frost, And when 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 wantcn boys, that swim on bladders, These many suir.mers... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 492 pages
...blushing 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 his root, And then he falls as I do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole of Andromache in The Distrest... | |
 | 1804 - 446 pages
...blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a lulling frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." NB Some remarks on a meeting of certain members of the " Executive Directory," at the Albany... | |
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