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" 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... "
A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ... - Page 145
by British poets - 1824
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...conscious of his own superiority, he breaks out into that fine apostrophe " Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness! This is the state of man; to-day...honours thick upon him; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; Arid—when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening—nips...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...with a spirit conscious of his own superiority, he breaks out into that fine apostrophe— " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...ripening— nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim en bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...a spirit conscious of his own superiority, he breaks out into that fine apostrophe — " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...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...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 368 pages
...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...ripening, — nips his 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...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And hears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day,...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...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...lord cardinal. ^Exeunt all hut Wolseif. Wul. So farewell to the little good you bear nie. farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...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,...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

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...full surely His greatness is a 'ripening, nips his ohoot — And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 19

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...full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but Wolsev. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the...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...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 20

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...
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