 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 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. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, JoVe would ne'er be quiet ; For every pelting petty officer... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...of talent in its ability to inflict pain — which would scarcely appreciate the sentiment, " O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant " — has assigned to Shakspere a performance which has the quality, extraordinary as regards himself,... | |
 | Thomas Hill (of Gloucester.) - 1843 - 152 pages
...— Psalm Ixxix, verse 12. Page 78, line 11. Bid him. behold the giant's might. ISABELLA. — Oh ! it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." Shakespeare. — ' Measure for Measure.' Act 2nd. Scene 2nd. Page 17, line 15. Then may he hope at... | |
 | Rev. Thomas Hill - 1843 - 152 pages
...die.—Psalm Ixxix, verse 12. Page 78, line 11. Bid him behold the giant's might. ISABELLA.—Oh ! it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." Shakespeare.—' Measure for Measure.' Act 2nd. Scene 2nd. Page 17, line 15. Then may he hope at that... | |
 | Charles F. Ellerman - 1843 - 650 pages
...her for a time in solitude. Winter around her — and winter in her heart ! CHAPTER IX. " Oh, 'tis excellent To have a giant's strength ! but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant." Measure for Measure. " WHAT means all this beating of drums — this blowing of trumpets ? What signify... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...you must be the first that gives this sentence ; And he, that suffers : O, it is excellent To have u Litcio. That's well said. /SCÄ. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be... | |
 | 1909 - 844 pages
...commendable. lt seems English administrators have to be reminded what every English school-boy knows: — "lt is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant." But if the conduct of Anglo-lndia can be attributed in part to close proximity to the scene of rapid... | |
 | Charles F. Ellerman - 1844 - 324 pages
...solitude. Winter around her — and winter in her heart ! OR, ALBA IN FLANDERS. CHAPTER IX. " Oh, 'tis excellent To have a giant's strength ! but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant." Measure for Measure. " WHAT means all this beating of drums — this blowing of trumpets ? What signify... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1844 - 732 pages
...power towards the poor and helpless? — shamefully and tyrannically ! " Oh ! it is excellent To ha»ea giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant." Whilst this proceeding was going on aï Hyderabad, Lieutenant Bnrnes was at Cabul. When the army descended... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...gold, or silver ore, But wisdom—none can borrow, none can tend™ THE ABUSE Or ACTIiOHITT. O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet: For every pelting, petty officer,... | |
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O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. 
