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" O ! it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but tyrannous To use it like a giant. "
Ocean Adventures: Or, Cabin and Forecastle Yarns of Thrilling Incidents - Page 374
by John Sherburne Sleeper - 1857 - 408 pages
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Shakespeare's London: A Study of London in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

Thomas Fairman Ordish - 1897 - 346 pages
...distasteful in the idea of so savage a satire being set forth by the young choristers of the Chapel. " It is excellent to have a giant's strength, But tyrannous to use it like a giant." The method of Jonson's traducers seems to have been to raise prejudice against him in the minds of...
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A thousand and one gems of English poetry, selected and arranged by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...dull earth dwelling : To her let us garlands bring. THE ABUSE OF POWER. Measure for Mtasuri. O, IT is excellent To have a giant's strength : but tyrannous To use it like a giant. THE ABUSE OF AUTHORITY. COULD great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For...
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Dictionary of Quotations: (English)

Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...to be known by, let us call thee deviL" SHAKESPEARE. Othello (Cassia), Act II., Sc. III. " 0 ! 'tis excellent To have a giant's strength ; but tyrannous To use it like a giant." SHAKESPEARE. Measure fur Measure (Isabella), Act II., Sc. II. " O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us...
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Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of ..., Volume 4

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1900 - 1292 pages
...brief authority played fantastic tricks before high heaven." It is as true now as it was then that " it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." I do not believe that the men who are responsible for this proposed apportionment regard it as a fair...
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The Works of Edward Everett Hale: A New England boyhood, and other bits of ...

Edward Everett Hale - 1900 - 540 pages
...It becomes us to speak and act with the dignity, the simplicity, and the moderation of princes. It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it as a giant. Those of you who are to live through the first quarter of the twentieth century have this...
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The Life and Poetical Works of George Crabbe

George Crabbe - 1901 - 624 pages
...given my treasure and my rights in ttiee To thick-eyed milling and cursed melancholy? 1 Hnry IV. It is excellent To have a giant's strength, but tyrannous To use it as a giant. Л1салыте/ог Меапте. ASNA was young and lovely — in her eye The glance...
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The Lady Paramount

Henry Harland - 1902 - 368 pages
...What's-his-name, the celebrated German." " You could — but you won't," interposed Anthony, with haste. " It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." " The puzzling thing, however," he reflected, " is that I can't in the least realise her as what she...
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Elementary Physical Geography

William Morris Davis - 1902 - 514 pages
...government under which the highest opportunity is open to every citizen. Let us remember that " it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." QUESTIONS SEC. 191. How have geographical conditions affected man's progress ? Illustrate this by the...
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The English Language: An Introduction to the Principles which Govern Its ...

Frederick Manley, William Nicholas Hailmann - 1902 - 478 pages
...the topmost branches of a hemlock, . . . his pursuer in mortal terror. Shakespeare says, " Oh ! It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." But . . . a giant's strength, compared with the weasel's, was a good thing on that occasion, and our...
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The Lady Paramount

Henry Harland - 1902 - 368 pages
...What's-his-name, the celebrated German." " You could—but you won't," interposed Anthony, with haste. " It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." " The puzzling thing, however," he reflected, " is that I can't in the least realise her as what she...
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