Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden: “"_Dryden is the greatest poet of England, and of the century_," said Atterbury, the translator of "Achitophel."”
Paradise Lost by John Milton: “It was about the time when M. Huet, Bishop of Avranches, wrote to Saumaise, who had done the author of "Paradise Lost" the honour to refute and abuse him, "_How can you trouble yourself about so mean a thing as that Milton?_"”
Othello by William Shakespeare: “It was very like the Globe, where they played "Othello," "King Lear," and "The Tempest."”
King Lear by William Shakespeare: “It was very like the Globe, where they played "Othello," "King Lear," and "The Tempest."”
The Tempest by William Shakespeare: “It was very like the Globe, where they played "Othello," "King Lear," and "The Tempest."”
Funeral Orations by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet: “He greatly admired those celebrated discourses which are called the funeral orations of Bossuet.”
The Dream of Scipio by Cicero: “For my part, I have believed in it since I read, in Cicero, Scipio's dream.”