 I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream,...  A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism - Page 172by Joseph Priestley - 1777 - 313 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...falls, as I do. I have ventured Like little wanton boys that.swim on bladders This many summers in a sea of glory • But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me Weary, and old with service, to the mercy ' Of a rnde stream, that must for ever hide me... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1822 - 486 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers, in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 320 pages
...as 1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 636 pages
...as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude, stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy 3f a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...palm alone. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory : But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 358 pages
...writ incurring a penalty. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 444 pages
...1 do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.... | |
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