 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...  Select British Classics - 306. oldal1803Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 oldal
...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...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,... | |
 | 1814 - 262 oldal
...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 third day...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 Ungues Digitosque... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 oldal
...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...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 Scott - 1814 - 424 oldal
...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...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 that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Sir Richard Colt Hoare - 1815 - 402 oldal
...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...a ripening, nips his root, '« And then he falls." Such was the prosperity of Venice in the year 1508. By its extensive trade, and by the sound policy... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 oldal
...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,...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 swim on bladders.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 oldal
...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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 766 oldal
...RIPEN, -vn [from ripe.] To grow ripe. — When he thinks, good eafy man, full furely His greatncfb is a ripening, nips his root; And then he falls as I do. Sf'ai. — Afore the four grape is ripening in the flower. I/, sv. 5. — The pricking of a fruit,... | |
 | 1877 - 798 oldal
...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 third day...ripening, 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... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 oldal
...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...ripening, nips his .root, And then he falls as I do. Henry VHI. Act in, Sc. 2. SECT. VII.—Figure of Speech. timate the relation is, the figure is the... | |
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