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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,... "
The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First ... - Page 63
by Robert Dodsley - 1758
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The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by ...

William Shakespeare - 1771 - 374 pages
...wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyond my deep : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, , AVeary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that muft forever hide me. Vain pomp...
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear: Compared with the Greek ...

Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1772 - 304 pages
...that fwim on bladders, Thefe many iimimers in a fea 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 fervice, to the mercy Of a, rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory.of...
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ...

Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1772 - 304 pages
...that fwim on bladders, Thcfe many fummers in a fea 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 fervice, to the mercy Qf a rude fiream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory...
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The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 424 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, The/e many fummers in a fea of glory : But far beyond my depth : my high-blown...length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream. that muft forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes: King Richard III ; King ...

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 480 pages
...I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown...length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory...
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The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated

Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - Didactic drama, English - 1775 - 626 pages
...Like lutle wanton boys that fwim on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory, Hut far bsyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Wear)' and old with fen'ice, to the mercy Of a rude flream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and...
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A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism

Joseph Priestley - Criticism - 1777 - 348 pages
...as I do. I have ventured, Like little wamon boys that fwim ori bladders* Thefe many fummers on a fea of glory,. But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now hath kft mer Weary and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream that muft for ever hide me....
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The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a ...

William Shakespeare - 1780 - 336 pages
...that fwrm on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory, But far beyond my depth i my high blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude Uream, that mult lor ever hide me. Va'm pomp and glory...
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Free Thoughts on Despotic and Free Governments: As Connected with the ...

Joseph Townsend - Despotism - 1781 - 342 pages
...I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that fwira on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory : But far beyond my depth : my high-blown...length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that mult for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...Froft, And when he thinks, good eafy Man, full furely His Greatnefs is a ripening, nips his Root ; And then falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little...length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with Service, to the Mercy Of a rude Stream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain Pomp and Glory...
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