 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 psl.
...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...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 psl.
...after sweet meat comes sour sauce." , " The prosperous man to-day puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...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 psl.
...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...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 psl.
...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 psl.
...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 psl.
...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 psl.
...farewel, 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...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... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 psl.
...farewell, to all my 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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 psl.
...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...day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when ne thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he fulls,... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 psl.
...farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth Tht tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...full surely His greatness is a 'ripening, nips his ohoot — And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
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This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness... 
