Great. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

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He that once is good, is always great. Ben Jonson.—The Forest, to Lady Aubigny.	1
High stations tumults, but not bliss create; None think the great unhappy, but the great. Dr. Young.—Love of Fame, Sat. I. Line 237.	2
In the perfum’d chamber of the great. Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part II. Act III. Scene 1. (Apostrophe to Sleep.)	3
In joys, in grief, in triumphs, in retreat, Great always, without aiming to be great. Roscommon.—(Dr. Chetwood to the Earl.)	4
He’s only great who can himself command. Lansdown.—An Imitation, etc., Line 12.	5
’Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. IV. Line 230.	6
“Here lies the great”—false marble! where? Nothing but small and sordid dust lies there. Cowley.—Life and Fame.	7