Areopagitica on History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita): “And for matters of state, the story of Titus Livius, though it extolled that part which Pompey held, was not therefore suppressed by Octavius Caesar of the other faction.”
Frankenstein on Paradise Lost: “Fortunately the books were written in the language, the elements of which I had acquired at the cottage; they consisted of Paradise Lost, a volume of Plutarch's Lives, and the Sorrows of Werter.”
Uncle Tom's Cabin on Paradise Lost: “…"keeping-room," as it is termed, he will remember the staid, respectable old book-case, with its glass doors, where Rollin's History,* Milton's Paradise Lost, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and Scott's Family Bible,** stand side by side in decorous order, with multitudes of other books,…”
The Professor on Paradise Lost: “She had selected "Paradise Lost" from her shelf of classics, thinking, I suppose, the religious character of the book best adapted it to Sunday; I told her to begin at the beginning, and while she read Milton's invocation to that heavenly muse, who on the "secret top of Oreb or Sinai" had taught…”
Moby-Dick on Paradise Lost: ““That sea beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream.” —_Paradise Lost_.”