 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 304 pages
...clay 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 part of Andromache in the Diatrest Mother, particularly... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 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." — Upon which Mr. Warburton remarks, that as spring-frosts are not injurious to the roots of fruit-trees,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 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 ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory;... | |
 | Edward Howard, Frederick Marryat - Sea stories - 1837 - 326 pages
...third da; comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full sorely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root. And then he falls, as I do." But I did not. I went home to my lodgings in horrible spirits, with my detestable cough worse than... | |
 | Edward Howard - Sea in literature - 1837 - 950 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." But I did not. I went home to my lodging in horrible spirits, with my detestable cough worse than ever.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripe'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,... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 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. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers, in a sea of glory,... | |
 | 1841 - 580 pages
...day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full sure His greatness is a-ripening — nips his root, And then he falls as I do. I ventured forth Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, For many summers in a sea of glory,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 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. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory;... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Politicians - 1844 - 432 pages
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man I full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. KING HENRY VIII., Act iii., Scene 2. to his Grace, [the Duke of Queensberry,] with the account of the... | |
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Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks,... 
