 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...  A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism - Page 195by Joseph Priestley - 1781 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,' — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 1 ' of a praemunire,] It is almost unnecessary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, i of a praemunire,] It is almost unnecessary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pages
...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 liiile wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...third d;iy 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 wantcn boys, that swim on bladders, These many suir.mers in a sea of glory. But... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 pages
...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.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole of Andromache in The Distrest Mother, particularly... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full sureh His greatness is arípreinng, — he watch be ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripeuing, — 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... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...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; Hut... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...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." 'Wo have likewise a fine example of this in the whole part of Andromache in the Distrest Mother, particularly... | |
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