 Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 301edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...Sorrow and complaint, demand a voice quite different; flexible, slow, interrupted, and modulated in a mournful tone : as in that pathetical soliloquy...farewell to all 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... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...Sorrow and complaint demand a voice quite different, flexible, slow, interrupted, and modulated in a mournful tone ; as in that pathetical soliloquy of cardinal Wolsey on his fall. Farewel !...'.a long farewel to all my greatness ! This is the state of man !.... to-day he puts forth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 548 pages
...you. So fare you well, my little good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but Wolsey. Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness! This is the state of man; To-day...The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And hears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And,—when... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...VICISSITUDES of LIFE. (SHAKESPEARE.) So farewel to the little good you bear me ! Farewel, a long farewel to all my greatness ! This is .the state of man ;...forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms,, M 5 ' • ' And bears his blushing hdnours thick upon him j The third d;iy comes a frost, a killing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 494 pages
...Sorrow and complaint demand a voice quite dif-\ ferent; flexible, slow, interrupted, and modulated in a mournful tone: as in that pathetical soliloquy of...long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state ot man ! to day he pufs forth The tender leaves of hope ;. to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...Sorrow and complaint demand a voice quite different, flexihle, slow, interrupted, and modulated in a mournful tone ; as in that pathetical soliloquy...he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow hlossoms. And hears his hloshing honours thick upon him, The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 274 pages
...Sorrow and complaint demand a voice quite difr ferent; flexible, slow, interrupted, and modulated in a mournful tone: as in that pathetical soliloquy of...fall. ° Farewell ! — a long farewell to all my greatness! Tins is the state ol man ! to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 380 pages
...and to be put out of the king's protection." Chrait. Vol. Hi P. 909. Malanc. Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness! This is the state of man; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, 5 to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day, comes a frost,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 304 pages
...Sorrow and complaint demand a voice quite diffefent ; flexible, slow, interrupted, and modulated in a mournful tone ; as in that pathetical soliloquy...farewell to all 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 honors... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 278 pages
...Sorrow and complaint demand a voice quite? different ; flexible, slow, interrupted, and modulated in a mournful tone : as in that pathetical soliloquy of cardinal Wolsey on his fall. ' Farewell ! — » long farewell to all my greatness! Thisjsthe stale of man ! to day he puts Jjyk The tender... | |
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