A Day with John Milton

A Day with John Milton

Milton still retained much of that personal comeliness which had won him, at Cambridge, the nickname of "Lady of Christ's College." His original red and white had now become a uniform pallor; his thick, light brown hair, parted at the top, and curling richly on his shoulders(no close-cropt Roundhead this!)was beginning to fade towards grey. But his features were noble and symmetrical; he was well-built and well-proportioned; and he was justified in priding himself upon a personal appearance which he had never neglected or despised. In his own words, he was "neither large nor small: at no time had he been considered ugly; and in youth, with a sword by his side, he had never feared the bravest." Such was the man who now, neatly dressed in black, was led into his study, upon the same floor as his bedroom,a small chamber hung with rusty green,and there, seated in a large old elbow-chair, received the morning salutations of his three daughters. One after another they entered the room, and each bestowed a characteristic greeting upon her father. Anne, the eldest, a handsome girl of twenty, was lame, and had a slight impediment in her speech. She bade him good-morning with a stammering carelessness, enquired casually as to his night's rest, and stared out of window, palpably bored at the commencement of another monotonous, irksome day. Mary, the second,dark, impetuous, and impatient,was in a state of smouldering rebellion. She addressed him in a tone of almost insolent mock-civility, he must needs have been deaf as well as blind not to detect the unfilial dislike beneath her words. Ten-year-old Deborah, the most affectionate of the three, ventured to kiss her father, even to stroke his long, beautiful hair, and to re-tie the tassels of his collar. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 40130
Author: Byron, May
Release Date: Jul 3, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Meteyard, Sidney, 1868-1947