This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost; And when, be thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is The rhetorical speaker and poetical class book - Page 11by R T. Linnington - 1833 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 394 pages
...unmanly, yet are follow'd. Sands. Life ef On Fajbions. New Cufloms, K.Hen.Vlll. 'fhe State of Man. This is the State of Man ; to day he puts forth The tender Leaves of Hopes, to morrow Bloffbmy, And bears his blufhing Honours thick upon him .The third day comes a Froft,... | |
| 1739 - 346 pages
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| 1744 - 356 pages
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| Nathan Bailey - 1760 - 730 pages
...388. ». To cut off by any flight means : 3. to blafr, to deitroy before full growth. This is the date of man ; to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blof» fom«, And bears his blu/liing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a froit,... | |
| James Harris - Comparative linguistics - 1781 - 286 pages
...upon his Fall in the following beautiful Metaphor, taken from Vegetable Nature. 'This is the jtate of Man; to day he PUTS FORTH THE TENDER LEAVES of Hope\ to-morrow BLOSSOMS, And bears his BLUSHING HONOURS THICK. upon him: Tfa third day comes A FKOST, A... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 280 pages
...today 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 he thinks, good easy man, full surely Hib greatness is a ripening, nips hit root, And then he fallt... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...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 he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls,... | |
| English essays - 1803 - 488 pages
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| Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms And bears his blushing honors thick iTpon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when bethinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot •. And then he falls,... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
...• 1 T, WOLSEY AND CROMWELL. WOL. -T AREWPLL, a long farewell to all my greatnefs I This is theftate of man: to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to morrow bloffoms» The third day comes a froft— a killing froft, And bears his blufhing honours thick upon... | |
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