Greatnesse

2257: His Greatnesse is a ripening, nippes his roote,

Henry VIII (1623 First Folio Edition) 1623

The Bataille of Lepanto arrested the Greatnesse of the Turke.

Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

His first inclinations and addresses to the Courte, were only to establish his Greatnesse in the Country, wher he apprehended some Actes of power from the [1]

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

Greatnesse, on Goodnesse loues to slide, not stand, and leaues for Fortunes ice, Vertues firm land. l.

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

Greatnesse on Goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,

Quotations 1919

Greatnesse on Goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,

Quotations 1919

Greatnesse on Goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,

Quotations 1919

For many eyewitnesses having written of one same subject (as it hapned in those times when Greatnesse and Knowledge did commonly meet) if any fault or over-sight have past them, it must be deemed exceeding light and upon some doubtful accident.

Of Bookes. 1909

Greatnesse on Goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,

Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862

Fifthly, in those things that signifie Greatnesse, and Power; to say he is Finite, is not to Honour him: For it is not a signe of the Will to Honour God, to attribute to him lesse than we can; and Finite, is lesse than we can; because to Finite, it is easie to adde more.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633