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

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

Hero


No man is a hero to his valet. French Saying.	1
[But it may be traced to an earlier period. Ramage’s Thoughts from the French.]	2
His mien, his speech, Were sweetly simple——— But, when the matter match’d his mighty mind, Up rose the hero; on his piercing eye Sat observation; on each glance of thought Decision followed. Home.—Douglas, Act III. Scene 1.	3