The passages in which Milton has alluded to his own circumstances are perhaps read more frequently, and with more interest, than any other lines in his poems.

As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom.

The Saviour of mankind Himself, in whose blameless life malice could find no act to impeach, has been called in question for words spoken.

The real object of the drama is the exhibition of human character.

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

To be a really good historian is perhaps the rarest of intellectual distinctions.