John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2819 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2819 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Ornate rhetorick taught out of the rule of Plato…. To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less suttle and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tractate of Education. |