 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 338 pages
...And, when he thinks, good easy man, fall surelj His greatness is a ripening, nips his root ; ' . ' • And then he falls, as I do. — I have ventur'd, ' Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory, Bat far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 336 pages
...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, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 464 pages
...frost; And, wben 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, Like...summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth: my higb-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...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, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, ' if a proemunire,] It is almost unnecessary to observe that pramunire is a barbarous word used instead... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 490 pages
...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, Like...high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has Irll me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rnde stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...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, Like...me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rnde stream, that must for ever hide me. Vam pomp, and glory of this world, 1 hate ye; I feel my heart... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...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, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a 'sea of glory, But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown prule At length broke... | |
 | William Dodsworth (verger.) - 1814 - 310 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 Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high blown pride At length broke... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his rogt, And then he falls, as I do. I hare ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders. This...glory ; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride [me, At length broke under me ; and now has left Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude... | |
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; Hut far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length...me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rade stream that must for ever hide me." In fiction we do not know a more terrible example of the irony... | |
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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 forever... 
