 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...greatness! Tiiis 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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | Sir Richard Colt Hoare - France - 1815 - 400 pages
...future ; but on a sudden comes " a frost, a killing frost," and to apply the exclamutioii of Wolsey, " And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely " His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, '« And then he falls." Such was the prosperity of Venice in the year 1508.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 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 frost. And when lie thinks, good easy man, full surely His .greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, [him : And bears his blushing honors thick upon 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 rogt, And then he falls, as I do. I hare ventured, Like little wanton boys, that... | |
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...— "This is the state of mau : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The...— 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 that... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...greatness 1 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. Henry VHI. Act in, Sc. 2. SECT. VII.—Figure... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...leaves of hope ; to-m'irrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third clay comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely H's greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 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 frost; Arid—when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening—nips... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 340 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 that... | |
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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... 
