...FARE WELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth Tht tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears...full surely His greatness is a 'ripening, nips his ohoot — And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...

...And he left her to digest this implied threat. 384 CHAPTER XVL " This is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost !" Shaks peart. SOME days after the select fete at Princess Stolberg's, Desmond arrived : he had entered...

...leaves of hope ; tomorrow blossoms, Add bears his blushing honors thick upon him; The third day come a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — , And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...

...to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope * 7, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...

...LEAVES spread, &c.] Compare Wolsey's speech in King Henry VIII. : " This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth " The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...thick upon him ; " The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; " &c. MALONE. 7 The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories...

...in this place. " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope : to-morrow...killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full sorely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root : And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like...

...pathetic comparison from this circumstance, to paint the delusive nature of human expectations — This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth The tender...honours thick upon him, The third day comes a frost, a killing frost. Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring, Nipp'd with the lagging rear of Winter's...

...his fall. ' Farewell ! — a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ! to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow...His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then ho falls as 1 do.' We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole of Andromache in The Distrest...

....and Cromwell. Wol. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. '1 have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...

...my greatness! This is the state of man : to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his shoot ;' And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that...