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" 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 forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world,... "
The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George ... - Page 234
by William Shakespeare - 1807
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The Worthies of Westmorland: Or, Notable Persons Born in that ..., Volume 1

George Atkinson - Cumbria (England) - 1849 - 330 pages
...falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers on a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown...Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomps and vanities of the world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new open'd. Oh, how wretched Is that poor...
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Orthopony; Or the Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of ...

William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripeming, — nips his root ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, — Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, —...broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old wifli service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide me ! " 2. — Solemnity and Sublimity....
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...And then he falls as I do. 1 have vcntur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, Thfcte use and beginning of everything that ariseth new unto...passion of admiration and curiosity, have arisen not Wearv and old with service, to the mercy Of a ruile stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and...
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Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons ...

Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride 35 At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new opened. Oh how wretched...
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The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 612 pages
...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...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new opened. O, how...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: King Richard III. King Henry VIII ...

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 588 pages
...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...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new opened. O, how...
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The Age of Whitewash

Conall Cearnach, Frederick William O'Connell - Irish essays - 1921 - 120 pages
...King Henry VIII," beginning : — " Farewell ! a long farewell to all my greatness. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders This...mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me." We may safely deduce the fact that Master William himself was once upon a time one of the aforesaid...
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McGuffey's First [-sixth] Eclectic Reader, Volume 6

William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1921 - 506 pages
...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...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye: I feel my heart new open'd. Oh, how...
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Simon de Montfort: His Life and Work

Thomas Somerset Bateman - Great Britain - 1923 - 302 pages
...wealth and his later poverty was so striking that he might have said with Wolsey : I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.2 Henry of Germany pursued him across the Channel, but was seized by a French knight, probably at...
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Simon de Montfort: His Life and Work

Thomas Somerset Bateman - Great Britain - 1923 - 300 pages
...that he might have said with Wolsey : I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on Madders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond...the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.2 Henry of Germany pursued him across the Channel, but was seized by a French knight, probably at...
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