Self mettle tires him.—Henry VIII. I. 1.
Let passion work, and, like a hot-reined horse,
’Twill quickly tire itself.—Massinger: Unnatural Combat.
Is this the Talbot so much feared abroad
That with his name the mothers still their babes?—Henry VI. II. 3.
Nor shall Sebastian’s formidable name
Be longer used to lull the crying babe.—Dryden: Don Sebastian.
Chili’s dark matrons long shall tame
The froward child with Bertram’s name.—Scott: Rokeby.