 | Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 182 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...me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye; I feel my heart new opened : 0, how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours ? THE... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 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...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide mo. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new opened : O, how wretched Is... | |
 | 1926 - 882 pages
...that part of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" which Fletcher wrote, in which Wolsey says: I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Then, for a tribute to swimming — the only sport you "come clean from", as the Avenue... | |
 | 1989 - 370 pages
...cut their owner's fingers. 5. She allowed life to waste like a tap left running. (Virginia Wolfe) 6. I have ventured, /Like little wanton boys that swim...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Kenneth T. Aitken - 1986 - 284 pages
...inflated bubble is bound to burst — as Shakespeare's Wolsey bitterly discovered: . . . I have ventur'd. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...GN; NOBE; OBEV; OBS; PoEL-2; TrGrPo; UnS 2 No man's pie, is freed From his ambitious finger. (I, i) 3 villagers — The rector, the midwife, the sexton,...* The long wait for the angel, For that rare, ran forever hide me. (Ill, ii) 4 I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I da I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours! There... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...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...me. Vain pomp and 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... | |
 | William J. Bausch - 1999 - 324 pages
...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...me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye; I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! There is... | |
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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... 
