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" 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... "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus ... - Page 257
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boy? that swim on bladders This many summers in a sea of...high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now hast left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me....
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...And then he falls — as 1 do. 1 have ventured Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my...that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate ye. I feel my heart new opened. 0, how wretched Is that poor man who hangs on princes'...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...These many summers in a sea of glory : .But far beyond my depth : my high blown pride At length bioke under me ; and now has left me, (Weary and old with...mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. HEHRY THE vm. . VIII. ANTITHESIS. Antithesis arises in a sentence or line where words are opposed to...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sen of glory : But far bevond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under...to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hidf me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ve ; I feel my heart new ¿pen'd : O, how wretched...
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 22

1989 - 370 pages
...fingers. 5. She allowed life to waste like a tap left running. (Virginia Wolfe) 6. I have ventured, /Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, /This...mercy /Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. (William Shakespeare) 7. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun. (Robert Herrick) 8. Coffee is like a...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 114

1873 - 786 pages
...and stands before us an undeniable failure. "I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim ou bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But...mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me." « We are mistaken if ever — no matter what politics may be in the ascendant — the people of England...
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Proverbs

Kenneth T. Aitken - 1986 - 284 pages
...the inflated bubble is bound to burst — as Shakespeare's Wolsey bitterly discovered: . . . I have ventur'd. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. (b) The Sin of Pride. The connection between the first and second lines of 21:4 is...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...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,...glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. (Ill, ii) OHFP 66 I have ventured forever hide me. (Ill, ii) OHFP 67 Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...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, This...glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new opened. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! There is betwixt that smile...
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