 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...  A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Sida 188efter Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 715 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 sidor
...Farewel, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope,5 to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,6 And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | 1808 - 306 sidor
...of man ! to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow hlossoms. And hears his hloshing honours thick upon him, The third day comes a frost,...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do." 'Wo have likewise a fine example of this in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 420 sidor
...of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope,5 to-morrow hlossoms, And hears his hlushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost,...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root,6 And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton hoys... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 sidor
...is however very beautiful: the third line is finely descriptive.... This is the state of man: To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening nips his root, And then he falls," &c. Jfenry VIII. As I have shewn you also that Mr. Gibbon... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 sidor
...And streams shall murmur all around. CARDINAL WOLSEY's LAMENTATION OF HIS FALL. SHAKSPEAKE. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips bis root: And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1810 - 338 sidor
...speculative sages in the episode of a chorus. WOLSEY. So farewell to the little good you bear me ! Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, fall surelj His greatness is a ripening, nips his root ; ' . ' • And then he falls, as I do. —... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1810 - 336 sidor
...me ! Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! , . ' M This This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 272 sidor
...as in that pathetical soliloquy of cardinal Wolsey on his fall. The tenderleaves of hope ; to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 304 sidor
...leaves of hope : to-morrow blossoms, ' And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; ' The third clay comes a frost, a killing frost ; 'And when he thinks,...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 Diatrest Mother, particularly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 394 sidor
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but WoLSEr. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is 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... | |
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