A Grecian history, perfectly written should be a complete record of the rise and progress of poetry, philosophy, and the arts.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!

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.

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher.

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics.