John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2538 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2538 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | To compare Great things with small. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 921. |
| Note 1. Compare great things with small.—Virgil: Eclogues, i. 24; Georgics, iv. 176. Abraham Cowley: The Motto. John Dryden: Ovid, Metamorphoses, book i. line 727. Thomas Tickell: Poem on Hunting. Alexander Pope: Windsor Forest. [back] |