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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 plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with a selection of engr ... - Page 1290
by William Shakespeare - 1853
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pages
...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...left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy I SCENE II. KING HENRY VIII. 261 Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...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...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 opened. O, how wretched...
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Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises ...

James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 pages
...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...with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide me ! " 2. Solemnity and Sublimity. " Oh ! listen, man ! A voice within us speaks that...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...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...hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new opened. Oh, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 pages
...And then he falls, as I do. 2. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye f I feel my heart now open'd. 3. O! how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors ! There...
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Practical Elocution

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root ; And then he falls, as I do. These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart now open'd. 3. O! how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors ! There...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 638 pages
...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...me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; ' ufa praiiiiuiiirc,] It is almost unnecessary to observe that jirccntunirc is a barbarous word used...
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Orthophony; Or, The Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of ...

1847 - 312 pages
...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripeming, — nips his root ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, — Like little wanton boys...with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide me ! " 2. — Solemnity and Sublimity. PMMORTALITY.] — Dana. " Oh ! listen, man ! A...
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Bits of books, from old and modern authors, for railway travellers

Bits - 1847 - 88 pages
...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 my...hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new open'd. 0, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There...
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The Art of Elocution: Or, Logical and Musical Reading and Declamation. With ...

George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 400 pages
...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 ; 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 open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on...
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