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" O, it is excellent," says the poet, " to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous, to use it like a giant. "
Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua: The Two Versions of 1864 & 1865, Preceded by ... - Pagina 349
door John Henry Newman - 1913 - 528 pagina’s
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1806 - 572 pagina’s
...the studied application of pain and privation, cannot be too pointedly reprobated. " 'Tis excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." The giant, however, of earthly power, is often disappointed. He acts oti the principle of Claudio that...
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France for the Lst Seven Years

William Henry Ireland - 1822 - 488 pagina’s
...should not have conducted himself towards a conquered people in the manner he did, for " It is God-like to have a giant's strength,- ' "But tyrannous to use it like a giant." One of the most extraordinary motives adduced in justification of the removal of the paintings, was,...
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The Rambler's Magazine: Or, Fashionable Emporium of Polite ..., Volume 2

1823 - 614 pagina’s
...for seven years afterwards. LADY ELIZABETH CARR, AND HER AMUSING . PROPENSITIES. " Oh it is excellent to have a giant's strength ; but tyrannous to use it like a giant!" — SHAKSPEARE. • • j This lady, the widow of the late Spencer Percival, is celebrated on many...
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Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes in the War of ...

Samuel Putnam Waldo - 1823 - 418 pagina’s
...humane. They ought to have remembered the sentiment of the prince of their poets. " O ! 'tis excellent to have a giant's strength, But tyrannous to use it like a giant." By examining the Journal of the " Old Congress" it will be found that that majestic body of statesmen...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 4

1825 - 492 pagina’s
...that determination of exerting to the utmost the power which we put into their hands: "It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant." What encroachments do some women make upon our department ! Effeminacy in a certain class of males...
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Spirit of the English Magazines

1826 - 890 pagina’s
...determination of exerting to the utmost the power which we put into their hands : " It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant.'' What encroachments do some women make upon- cu* department ! Effeminacy in a certain class of males...
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The Leodiensian; or Leeds grammar school magazine

Leeds grammar sch - 1828 - 364 pagina’s
...more mercy on poor poets, who are well-known to be a remarkably sore-boned generation. " Tls excellent to have a giant's strength, " But tyrannous to use it like a giant." I think I have said all that is necessary. There are some circumstances which have made the Editor's conduct...
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The Veterinarian, Volume 10

1837 - 308 pagina’s
...let us anticipate its amount, and be merciful to him. " It is excellent," says an elegant writer, " to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant;" and this may be applied to the state of a horse in the power of a man with a red iron in his hand....
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The Dramatic Magazine, Nummer 1

1829 - 390 pagina’s
...than any one passage to be found in the wide range of dramatic literature : • " Oh ! 'tis excellent To have a giant's strength, but tyrannous To use it like a giant." We must not omit the glowing burst of indignation, when she abjures all affinity and alliance with...
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The Monthly Repository and Review of Theology and General Literature, Volume 4

1830 - 986 pagina’s
...creatures, whose sensations, through all their extent, he could annihilate. With him 'tis excellent to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous to use it like a giant. And if his power can be put forth for good, nothing lives too mean for its exercise. As to his interest,...
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