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" 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when... "
Young Gentleman and Lady's Explanatory Monitor: A Selection from the Best ... - Page 223
by Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 260 pages
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...upon his fall, in the following beautiful metaphor, taken from vegetable nature. This is the ftate of man ; to-day lie puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow bloiToms, And bears his blufbing honours thick upon him ; . The third day comes a Ooft, a killing frort,...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 14

British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...in a mournful tone : as in that pathetical soliloquy of cardinal Wolsey on 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but WOLSEY. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...
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Shakespeare's King Henry the eighth, a historical play, revised ..., Volume 226

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 80 pages
...my little good lord cardinal. \•Exeunt NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, SURREY, and Chamberlain. 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...Sijfih. How does your tonjue grow wanton in her praise '• • WOLSEV AKD CROMWELL. - Wol. TJ1 AREWELL, 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 blossoms And bears his blushing honors thick ilpon...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...good lord cardinal. \Exeunt all but WOLSEY. Wol. So farewell to the Tittle good you bear me. 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but WOLSEY. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pages
...lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but Jt'olsey. Wot. So farewell to the little good you bear me. 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but Wolse;/. Wai. So farewell to the little good you bear me 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 472 pages
...lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but WOLSEY. IVol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. 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 blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...
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