Behold now this vast city: a city of refuge, the mansion house of liberty.

John Milton

Areopagitica

Referring to London.

Buy Areopagitica at Amazon Buy Areopagitica at Amazon
Read Areopagitica at Project Gutenberg

More information about this quote

Topic

Cities

Author

John Milton

Source

Areopagitica

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1644 1640s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Milton, John. Areopagitca; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England. London, 1644.

Current Citation

Milton, John."Areopagitica." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by John Milton about cities: “Behold now this vast city: a city of refuge, the mansion house of liberty.”
Download
A quote by John Milton about cities: “Behold now this vast city: a city of refuge, the mansion house of liberty.”
Download
A quote by John Milton about cities: “Behold now this vast city: a city of refuge, the mansion house of liberty.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from European Renaissance

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

Buy Julius Caesar at Amazon Buy Julius Caesar at Amazon
Read Julius Caesar at The Folger Shakespeare Library
More information about this quote
Topic
Reputation
Speaker
Mark Antony

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Julius Caesar
Medium
Play
Genre
History (play) Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1599 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.