 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 444 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...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 psl.
...the end of human ambition. " Such is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth tender leaves of hope; To-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, never to hope again." BDELLIUM. rfna BEDOLAH. Occ. Gen. ii. 12; and Numb. xi. 7. Interpreters seem... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 psl.
...act iii. sc. 6. 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...man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips hi> root; And then he falls, as I do.— Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that as spring-frosts are... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 psl.
...poet of human nature: " This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full sure His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." He was now, at the early age of... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 psl.
...vegetable nature : This is the state of man; to-day be puts forth The lender leaves of hupe, to morrow superior power: it reconciles superiority of power...the feelings of man, and establishes solid confide — nips bis root In such metaphors (besides their intrinsic elegance) we may say the reader is flattered;... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 psl.
...but, as Wolsey says — ' This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he tails, as I do.' But what is to be done ? had I not better make up nay mind to return at once to St.... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 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...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 488 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...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I haye ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ;... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 psl.
...VIII. A. iii. S. ii. " 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." — Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that... | |
 | 1827 - 412 psl.
...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...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 Distrest Mother.,... | |
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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... 
