He was a man whose huge stature, thews, sinews, and bulk ... would have enabled him to enact "Colbrand," "Ascapart," or any other giant of romance, without raising himself nearer to heaven even by the altitude of a chopin.—Sir W. Scott.
Those Ascaparts, men big enough to throw
Charing Cross for a bar.
Dr. Donne (1573-1631).
Thus imitated by Pope (1688-1744)—
Each man an Ascapart of strength to toss
For quoits both Temple Bar and Charing Cross.
Ascræ'an Sage, or Ascræan poet, Hesiod, who was born at Ascra, in Boeo'tia. Virgil calls him "The Old Ascræan."
Hos tibi dant calamos, en accipe, Musæ
Ascræo quos ante seni.