 | A. N. E. - 1865 - 132 pages
...Then list to her who with a soft voice pleads, And to her gentle whisperings be compliant — " 'Tis excellent to have a giant's strength, But tyrannous to use it like a giant." 77. 1. A fish which yearly seeks our British seaa. 2. An Irish Princess, painted by Maclise. 3. An... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1865 - 448 pages
...in possession of it are in all their proceedings infallible. " O, it is excellent," says the poet, " to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous, to use it like a giant." I think history supplies us with instances in the Church, where legitimate power has been harshly used.... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Shakspere's Hamlet. It is excellent To have a giant's strength, but tyrannous To use it like a giant. Shakspere's Measure for Measure. For aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or history,... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 pages
...boy, To gad with thee the woodlands o'er, In freedom and in joy. EEENEZER ELLIOTT, 1781—1849. OH, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but tyrannous To use it like a giant. SHAKSPEARE. i. AHH W. UllH'.K, PBINTXRS, LONDOB. Uth Edition, price 4*., SELECT ENGLISH POETRY, FOR THE USE OP... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 pages
...boy, To gad with thee the woodlands o'er, In freedom and in joy. EBENEZEB ELLIOTT, 1781—1849. OH, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but tyrannous To use it like a giant. SHAKSPEARE. J. AND w. BIDBB, PBINTBBB, LONDON. IWi Edition, price iS., SELECT ENGLISH POETRY, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - 1893 - 564 pages
...but taken as they came. Question I. — Name the parts of speech in the following sentence : Oh, it is excellent to have a giant's strength ; but tyrannous to use it like a giant. In answer we note : Is isa personal pronoun; to have, a conjunction; strength, an adjective; excellent,... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...that reading makes a full man. To imprison a Roman citizen is a crime to scourge him parricide. It is excellent to have a giant's strength but tyrannous to use it like a giant. I was pleased to see the fondness with which the little fellows leaped about the steady old footman... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1873 - 520 pages
...important sense. In truth, civilized and Christian society should never cease to remember that, "'tis excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." A brutalized convict, set free, is a worse man than before, and more disposed than ever to prey upon... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1874 - 166 pages
...a saying of Philip of Macedon that no town was impregnable into which gold could be introduced. It is excellent To have a giant's strength but tyrannous To use it like a giant. On his return home early in the month of August Pace who was at this time a favourite with the king... | |
 | William D'Avenant - 1874 - 544 pages
...my Ioni, must be the first that e'er This sentence gave, and lie the first that suffers it» 7 Tis excellent to have a giant's strength, But tyrannous to use it like a giant Luc. Well said again ! LSAB. If men could thunder As great Jove does, Jove ne'er would quiet be ; For... | |
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O ! it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but tyrannous To use it like a giant. 
