 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...  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 223by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...good you bear nie. 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...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,... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 274 pages
...pathetical soliloquy of Cardinal Wolsey on his fall. ' Farewell!—a long farewell to all my greatness ! The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon himj The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, .And when he thinks,good easy man, full surely His... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...FARE WELL, a long 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...killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a 'ripening, nips his ohoot — And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd,... | |
 | Miss Holford (Margaret) - 1820 - 416 pages
...And he left her to digest this implied threat. 384 CHAPTER XVL " This is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost !" Shaks peart. SOME days after the select fete at Princess Stolberg's, Desmond arrived : he had entered... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...leaves of hope ; tomorrow blossoms, Add bears his blushing honors thick upon him; The third day come a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — , And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 526 pages
...to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope * 7, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...LEAVES spread, &c.] Compare Wolsey's speech in King Henry VIII. : " This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth " The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...thick upon him ; " The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; " &c. MALONE. 7 The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...good you bear me. 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 lie thinks, good easy man, full'surelv... | |
 | 1821 - 780 pages
...yet, to our surprise, in the short space of an hour they are all exhausted. Thus wastes man! to-day he puts forth the tender leaves of hope; to-morrow, blossoms, and bears his blushing-honours thick upon him ; the next day conies a frost, which nips the shoot, and when he thinks... | |
 | Thomas Morell - Great Britain - 1822 - 486 pages
...in this place. " 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...killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full sorely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root : And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like... | |
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