There still remains, to mortifya wit, The many-headed
monster of the pit.
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This many-headed monster, Multitude.
Samuel DanielWho o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain? Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood— Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh, who would wish to be thy king?
walter scottHe himself stuck not to call us the many-headed multitude.
william shakespeareThis many-headed monster, The giddy multitude.
Philip MassingerI hear my father-in-law's response..."Naïve, dreaming Adam. He who would do battle with the many-headed hydra of human nature must pay a world of pain & his family must pay it along with him! & only as you gasp your dying breath shall you understand, your life amounted to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean!" Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?
david mitchellWho o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king!
walter scottThis many-headed monster, Multitude.
Samuel DanielWho o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain? Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh, who would wish to be thy king?
walter scottThis many-headed monster.
Philip MassingerThere still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.
Alexander PopeMany-headed multitude.
Many-headed multitude.
philip sidneyMany-headed multitude.
Many-headed multitude.