 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...  Dear Old England; a Description of Our Fatherland - Page 295by Jane Anne Winscom - 1861 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 608 pages
...ripening, nips his Root, And then he Falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton Boys that fwim on Bladders} This many Summers in a Sea of Glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown Pridi At length broke under me, and now has left me * Wea^y, and old with Service, to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1709 - 562 pages
...And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton Boys that fwim on Bladdery, This imny 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... | |
 | Joseph Grove - 1748 - 474 pages
...And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton Boys, that fwim on Bladders, Thefe many Summers in a Sea of Glory ; But far beyond my Depth : My high-blown Pridef At Length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary, and old with Service, to the... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - Education - 1754 - 590 pages
...And And then falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton Boys, that fvvim on Bladders, Thefe 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, \Veary, and old with Service, to the... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...Root ; And then falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton Boys that fwim on Bladders, Thefe 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 466 pages
...And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 6so These 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...1 Johnson reprinted this Review in a small volume by itself. See Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. 1 ' I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim...summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth.' Henry VIII. Act iii. sc. 2. 1 Musical Travels through England, by Joel Collier [not Collyer], Organist,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...' Johnson reprinted this Review in a small volume by itself. See Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. • 'I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim...summers in a sea of glory. But far beyond my depth.' Henry VIII. Act iii. sc. 2. ' Musical Travels through England, by Joel Collier [not Collyer], Organist,... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...root: And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These 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... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...in the same soliloquy, " I have ventured, " Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, " These many summers in a sea of glory, " But — far beyond my depth." 80 in the address of Sempronius to the Roman senate " Rise, and revenge her slaughter^ citizens, "... | |
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