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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... "
Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ... - Page 122
by William Shakespeare - 1853 - 418 pages
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...'he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, / Like little wanton boys, that- swim on bladders, These man/ summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Viiin pomp and glory of the world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new open'd. Oh, how wretched Is...
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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...the mercy Of a rude stream, 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...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 384 pages
...that swim on hladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; Bnt far heyond my depth; my high-hlown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me,...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is...
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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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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 11

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pages
...that swim on bladders, These many Summers on a sea of glory , But far beyond my depth : my high-Mourn pride At length broke under me, and now has left me,...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. HI'GH-BORN. Of noble extraction. Cast round your eyes Upon the high-lam beauties of the court ,...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness in a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls,...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...Like little wanton boys that swim on bladder*, This many summers in a sea of glory : But far bevond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye; I feel my heart new opcnM : O, how .wretched Is...
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A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank].

James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...Cardinal Wolsey exclaims — -" I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me." When ambition guides the mind, ease, honour, and character will be sacrificed for the purpose...
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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...; 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 my...the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd. O how wretched Is that...
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