10 John Milton Quotes on History

John Milton quotes on history

1. Areopagitica (1644)

2. Paradise Lost (1667, 1674)

9. The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground.

29. Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war.

32. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones Forget not.

49. That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp.

54. By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.

58. Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.

90. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine.

92. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold.