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| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. |
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| Oh, Sir! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer’s dust Burn to the socket. Wordsworth.—The Excursion, Book I. Page 21. | 1 |
| Are you good men and true? Shakespeare.—Much Ado About Nothing, Act III. Scene 1. (Dogberry to his Men.) | 2 |
| Warm in the glorious interest you pursue, And, in one word, a good man and a true. Prior.—To Harley, and see Francis’ Horace, Book I. Epistle 9; Pope’s Odyssey, Book XIV. Line 392. | 3 |
| They led me to a good man and a wise. Prior.—To Harley. | 4 |
| When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threat’ning eye. Shakespeare.—King John, Act III. Scene 4. (Pandulph to Lewis.) | 5 |
| There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out. Shakespeare.—Henry V., Act IV. Scene 1. (The King to Gloster.) | 6 |
| He has more goodness in his little finger Than you have in your whole body. Swift.—Mary’s Letter to Dr. Sheridan. | 7 |
| Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Pope.—Epilogue to Sat., Dialogue I. Line 136. | 8 |
| Pretending public good to serve their own. Dryden.—Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. Line 497. | 9 |
| If the motive right were understood, His daily pleasure is in doing good. Gay.—Epistle IV.; Dr. Young, Sat. V. Line 353. | 10 |
| Hard was their lodging, homely was their food, For all their luxury was doing good. Garth.—Claremont, Line 148. | 11 |
| Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood, He tried the luxury of doing good. Crabbe.—Tales of the Hall, Book III.; Goldsmith, The Traveller, Line 22. | 12 |
| Good, the more Communicated, more abundant grows. Milton.—Paradise Lost, Book V. Line 71. | 13 |
| Good-morrow to you both. Shakespeare.—King Lear, Act II. Scene 4. (Lear to Cornwall and Regan.) | 14 |
| If they do, good-night to our good days. Geo. Chapman.—The Widow’s Tears, Act I. Scene 1. | 15 |
| Good-morrow to your night-cap. O’Keefe.—The Poor Soldier, Act I. Scene 1. | 16 |
| To all, to each, a fair good-night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light. Scott.—Marmion, L’Envoy. | 17 |
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