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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,... "
A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 184
edited by - 1829
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 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 At length broke tinder me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must...
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The School of Wisdom

Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe taany 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 Of a rude ftream, that mull forever hide...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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 ,...depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left mcj "Weary and old with service , to the mercy Of a rude stream , that must fpr ever...
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Shakespeare's King Henry the eighth, a historical play, revised ..., Volume 226

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 80 pages
...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...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 for...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like lutle 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 under me ; and, now, has left me, Weary and old with service, to the...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 548 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 At 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...
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King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 384 pages
...as 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 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...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...almost unnecessary to observe that prcemunire is a barbarous word used instead of prtemonere . 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 for ever...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...is almost unnecessary to observe that pramunire is a barbarous word used instead of prccmonere. 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 for ever...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...this angry flood, And ruiia to yonder point. SM'f'3"I Live ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that twin on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth. Skabpart. The soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoner!, lest any of them should iwim out and escape....
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