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" I have ventured, 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,... "
The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First ... - Page 63
by Robert Dodsley - 1758
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Works, Volume 5, Parts 2-3

William Shakespeare - 1795 - 376 pages
...as 1 do I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown...length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory...
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The Dramatic Writings of Will. Shakespeare: With Introductory Prefaces to ...

William Shakespeare - 1798 - 478 pages
...as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that fwim on bladders, Theie many iummers in a lea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown...length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with lirvice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: King Richard III. King Henry VIII ...

William Shakespeare - 1799 - 382 pages
...as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that fwim on bladders, This many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown...length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Or" a rude Itream, that muft for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. • 'I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many 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,...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...Johnson's Works, vi. 47, note. 1 ' I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many 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,...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred 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...length broke under me ; and now has left me Weary, and old with service, to the misery Of a rude stream, which must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. ....

William Shakespeare - 1800 - 370 pages
...Like little wanton boys that fwim on bladders, This many fummers in a fea of glory ; But far beyoiid my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that mult for ever hide me. Vain pomp, arjd glory...
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The Port Folio, Volume 2

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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The modern British traveller: or, Tourist's pocket directory ..., Volume 3

George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 304 pages
...hoys that swim on bladders, This many summers na 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 mint for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory...
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The School of Wisdom

1803 - 250 pages
...1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that fwim on bladders, Thefe taany fummers in a fea of glory ; But far Beyond my depth : my high-blown...length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with fervice, to the mercy Of a rude ftream, that mull forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory...
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