“ My father destined me in early childhood for the study of literature, for which I had so keen an appetite that from my twelfth year scarcely ever did I leave my studies for my bed before the hour of midnight, ” Milton recalled.
„ Isa õhutas mind juba varases lapseeas süüvima kirjandusse, mida ma tegingi nõnda suure isuga, et ma alates kaheteistkümnendast eluaastast haruharva katkestasin õpingud enne keskööd, et magama minna, ” meenutas Milton.