 | Isaac Plant Fleming - English language - 1875 - 382 pages
...word is. 7. Parse the words in italics in the following passage: This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. 8. Punctuate and analyse: I desire you as the last suit I am like to make to you to believe that I... | |
 | G. M. Brody - 1875 - 60 pages
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 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...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 ; But... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 pages
...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...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, But far... | |
 | James Moir Porteous - Scotland - 1876 - 322 pages
...BAEONIES. " This is the state of man ; TO-DAY he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, TO-MOKKOW blossom*, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him. The...a-ripening — nips his root, And then he falls." SHAKESPEARK. Y the Komans, inhabitants of the upper part of Clydesdale during the first century were... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...perilous flood. HENRY VIII. — (Shakespeare^ ACT in. SCENE II. — Ante-chamber to the King's Apartment. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell...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, But far... | |
 | English grammar - English language - 1877 - 106 pages
...hundred realms appear." (0 This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes : to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." ** Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...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 ; But... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Eome to rise and mutiny. WOLSEY'S FAREWELL. Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...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, But far... | |
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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 ever... 
