 | 1802 - 542 páginas
...to¿lie -beggar on the dung-hill. day, he puts forth i The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blolToms, And bears his blufhing honours thick, upon him ; The...thinks, good eafy man ! full furely, His greatnefs is a-ripening,"nips his fuoot, And then he fails as I do. I feel that I cannot conclude thefc observations... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 páginas
...And bears his blufcing honors thick upon him ; ; The third day comes a froft, a killing froft, v ' And when he thinks, good eafy man, full furely His greatnefs is a ripening, nips his fhsot ; And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd -* •* Like little wanton... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 384 páginas
...of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow bloflbms, And bears his bluming honours thick upon him : The third day comes a froft,...thinks, good eafy man, full furely His greatnefs is a ripening, — nips hii root,(;j) And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd; Like little wanton... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 588 páginas
...greataefs r This is the ftate of man , to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow bloffoms, And bears his blufhing honours thick upon him ; The...thinks, good eafy man, full furely His greatnefs is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. . fftarjr VIII. A& HI. St. 6. SECT. SECT. VII.—... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 304 páginas
...clay 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 as I do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole part of Andromache in the Diatrest Mother, particularly... | |
 | 1816 - 778 páginas
...moft leading branches,muft be nipt off. Mortimer. 3. To blaft ; to deftroy before full growth. — The third day comes a froft, a killing froft ; And...a-ripening, nips his root ; And then he falls as I do. Shak. Thou would'ft extend me to fome good, Before I were by froft's extremity nipt in the bud. Herb.... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 páginas
...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,...do." — Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that as spring-frosts are not injurious to the roots of fruit-trees, he should imagine the poet wrote shoot,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 páginas
...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, as I do! I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory;... | |
 | Edward Howard, Frederick Marryat - 1837 - 326 páginas
...third da; comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full sorely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root. And then he falls, as I do." But I did not. I went home to my lodgings in horrible spirits, with my detestable cough worse than... | |
 | Edward Howard - 1837 - 950 páginas
...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, as I do." But I did not. I went home to my lodging in horrible spirits, with my detestable cough worse than ever.... | |
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Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks,... 
