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Great things thro' greatest hazards are achiev'd, And then they shine.
Great things thro' greatest hazards are achiev'd, And then they shine.
In print by 1901 AD · modern
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- Beaumont And Fletcher
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- In print by 1901 AD · modern
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote19 · printed citation: BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: Loyal Subject, Act i., Sc. 5.
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