 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 he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness...  The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes - Pàgina 365per William Shakespeare - 1767Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Dodsworth (verger.) - 1814 - 310 pàgines
...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. I have ventur'd Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond... | |
 | 1814 - 568 pàgines
...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." Woolsty's Speech in King Henry VIII. Tanyuam Ungues Digitosque suos. The subject is as familiar and... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pàgines
...day comes a frost, a killing frost. And when lie thinks, good easy man, full surely His .greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. . . • . ii,•.../ * •' i Henry VIII. SECTION VII. Figure of Speech. IN the section immediately... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 766 pàgines
...RIPEN, -vn [from ripe.] To grow ripe. — When he thinks, good eafy man, full furely His greatncfb is a ripening, nips his root; And then he falls as I do. Sf'ai. — Afore the four grape is ripening in the flower. I/, sv. 5. — The pricking of a fruit,... | |
 | 1816 - 764 pàgines
...him; The third day comes a. froft, a killing fro/1, Apd when he thinks, good e.ify man, fuilfurely . His greatnefs is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls. - Shalt. — When thefrojl feizes upon wine, only the more jvaterifh parts are congealed : there is... | |
 | 1877 - 798 pàgines
...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 ; Hut... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pàgines
...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. Henry VHI. Act in, Sc. 2. SECT. VII.—Figure of Speech. timate the relation is, the figure is the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pàgines
...killing frost; Arid—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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pàgines
...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. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 368 pàgines
...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 ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond... | |
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