 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 388 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...This is the state of man ; to-day tie pnts forth The tender leaves of hype ; lo-morrow blossoms, Am] bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And — uips bis root In such metaphors, besides their intrinsic elegance, we may say the reader is flattered... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 500 pages
...greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope,7 to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,8 that his body shall remain in prison at the king's pleasure. This very... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...greatness. This is the state of man. To-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The...thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a-ripeuiug, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. 2. A simile, or comparison is when the resemblance... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears 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 is a-ripeniug, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do, 2. A simile, or comparison is when the resemblance... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 488 pages
...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 trost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, —... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening—nips his root, And, then he falls as I do." Another of the uses of winter is that it succours... | |
 | William Dodsworth (verger.) - 1814 - 310 pages
...described: " 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...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... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 236 pages
..._•_ 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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Proverbs - 1814 - 262 pages
...sour sauce." , " The prosperous man to-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips bis root, Aud then he falls as I do." Woolsey's Speech in King Henry VIII. Tanquam... | |
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