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" O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. "
Autobiography and Reminiscences - Page 246
by David Patterson Dyer - 1922 - 357 pages
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...neglect, That private men enjoy ! and what have kings That privates have not too, save ceremony ? O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength : but it is tyrannous, To use it like a giant. Great men may jest with saints : 'tis wit in them ; But, in the less, foul profanation. That in the...
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The Literary Magnet of the Belles Lettres, Science, and the Fine Arts, Volume 2

Tobias Merton - 1824 - 456 pages
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Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's ..., Volume 1

Robert Grenville Wallace - India - 1825 - 342 pages
...hope, amidst " The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds." N». VIII. COMMANDING OFFICERS. O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ! but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. SHAKSPEARE. IT often happens that men, while in subaltern situations, are disposed to view their superiors...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 pages
...be content. Isab. So you must be the first, that gives this sentence ; And he, that suffers : O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Lucia. That's well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet,...
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Poetry

Vicesimus Knox - Literature - 1825 - 404 pages
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The economy of the eyes

William Kitchiner - 1825 - 480 pages
...every pains to perform that part of his Duty, with as much Delicacy and Gentleness as possible. " Tis Excellent to have a Giant's Strength, but it is Tyrannous to use it like a Giant." " Who, for the poor Renown of being smart, Would plant a Sting within a Brother's heart?" There is...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Midsummer ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 438 pages
...be content. Isab. So you must be the first, that gives this sentence : And he, that suffers : O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Lucio. That's well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet,...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 7

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 538 pages
...raises her. - Isab. So, you must be the first, that gives this sentence; And he, that suffers : O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. [Crosses to i*. Lueio. That's well said. [Aside. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does,...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 pages
...looking into it. Isab. So you must be the first, that gives this sentence; And he, that suffers : O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Lucio. That's well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet,...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and ..., Volume 7

English drama - 1826 - 506 pages
...raises her. Isab. So, you must be the first, that gives this sentence ; And he, that suffers : O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. [Crosses to r. Lucia. That's well said. [Aside. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does,...
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