 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...that swim on bladders, Thewa 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 forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 368 pages
...root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, 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 5 Absolute. 6 A writ incurring a penally. At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...little wanton boys that swim en bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond by 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 forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...root, And then he fulls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...pride At length broke under me ; and now has left mo, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...shoot—- And then h« falls, as I do. I have venturd, Like little wanton bays that swim on bladders. These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; mv high blowu pride At length broke under inn ; ai-< uow has left me, Weary and old with service,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...swim on bladders, These'many summers in a sea of glory ; ^ But far beyond my depth ; ny 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 forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory... | |
 | Psychology - 1989 - 370 pages
...running. (Virginia Wolfe) 6. I have ventured, /Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, /This many summers in a sea of glory; /But far beyond my...length broke under me: and now has left me. /Weary and old with service, to the mercy /Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. (William Shakespeare)... | |
 | England - 1873 - 786 pages
...before us an undeniable failure. "I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim ou bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...length broke under me ; and now has left me Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me." « We are mistaken... | |
 | Kenneth T. Aitken - Religion - 1986 - 284 pages
...Wolsey bitterly discovered: . . . I have ventur'd. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my...length broke under me, and now has left me. Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. (b) The Sin of Pride.... | |
 | A. J. C. Edwards - History - 1986 - 300 pages
...brush? Has zeal outrun discretion? Have I ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders This many summers in a sea of glory: But far beyond my depth? Some readers may think so. If they do, I offer no defence. I ask them, too, to forgive me. Wimbledon... | |
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I have ventured, 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,... 
