 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...us all to meditation. SHAKESPBAKX. 'TT L t. CHAP. XX. TVolsey and Cromwell. AREWEI. , a long farewel to all my greatness! This is the state of man : To-day...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 swim on bladders... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 pages
...fall. ' Farewell ! — a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state ot man ! to day he pufs forth The tender leaves of hope ;. to-morrow blossoms,...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...AND CROMWELL. Wol, FARE WEL, a long farewel to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to day. he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; tomorrow...full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his shoot ; And then he fails, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 252 pages
...fall. This is the state of man! to-day he puts forth Farewell!—a long farewell to all ray greatness! The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...passage seems to be taken from Shakspcare, Henry VIII. A. iii. S. ii. " This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth " The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...a-ripening, nips his root ; " And then he falls, as I do." — Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that as spring-frosts are not injurious to the roots of fruit-trees,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...Bequeath'd by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. WOLSEY AND CROMWELL. Wol. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state...nips his root; And then he falls, as I do! I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; But... | |
 | Edward Howard - 1837 - 950 pages
...stood. I might have exclaimed with Wolsey—I wish 1 had now; it would then have been some relief to me— '' Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." But I did not. I went home to my lodging in horrible spirits, with my detestable cough worse than ever.... | |
 | R T. Linnington - 1837 - 274 pages
...often produces a very pleasing effect. Verses of this nature are called Hypermeter ; as, " Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his shoot ; And then he falls, as I do." SIIAKSPEARE. OF TROCHAIC VERSE. The shortest form of the English... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...in proud triumph on the desolating marauders he had let loose. " This is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." What visions have we beheld in forests floating among the summer greenery, as we lay with half-shut... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1839 - 490 pages
...doubt, shall th nk you, So fare you well, my little, good lord-cardinal. [a pause.] [Wolsey.] Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state...a-ripe'ning, 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 in a sea of glory, But... | |
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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... 
