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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... "
Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ... - Page 28
by George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 480 pages
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 564 pages
...killing frost; And,—when he 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,...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how...
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Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers ...

Catharine Harbeson Waterman - Flower language - 1839 - 284 pages
...greene, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal monument of me. HERRICK. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. SHAKSPEAM. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels;...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. 25 — iii. 2. 19 I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. I know...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...ventured, Like^ little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But ftr beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. I know...
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Shakspearian Readings: Selected and Adapted for Young Persons and Others

William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...that swim on bladders, These 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,...with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate you ! I feel my heart new open'd : Oh, how...
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Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes ...

William Howitt - Durham (England) - 1840 - 560 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls as 1 do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This...with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new opened. O, how...
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Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes ..., Volume 1

William Howitt - Durham (England : County) - 1840 - 548 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening,— 'nips his root, And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has led me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. Vain...
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King Richard III. King Henry VIII

William Shakespeare - 1841 - 320 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. O, how...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...frost, a killing frost ; And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have...high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now hath left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me....
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...easy man, | full surely His greatness is a ripening, — | nips Ais root, \ And then Ae falls, | as T do. ! I have ventur'd, | Like little wanton boys that...beyond my depth, : | my high-blown pride | At length broAe un'der me ; | and now has left me, | Weary, and old with service, | to the mercy Of a rude stream,...
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