New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14

self to this purpose: that, was he ire nom .ue y;
this gave him his blindness would be toierabie.
Neat black within-dOors when visitors were eA-
pccted and rough gray for home de.haottt hs ~!
out-of-doors walking were tnereiors R;charson
would have ms conceive more minntciy, Oy reh'InoI
ing US that lac wore bis light brown halr bai,cI
from The crown 10 the middle OF tue iorehoad am
somewhat fiat long and waving il'lie cuIie'; .
The Faithorne portrait tells us much me same. vi
his manner with his visitors or win those 81 lnen
with whom he was least familiar, me accounts are
uuifnr,n His department was manly ana reso-
Lutte. buf with gentlemanly aitabiiiy, hlchard-
son had heard and on the whole, Tue IMPRESSION
oiven ~ that Of n stately and deliberate courtesy
with inst a shade Of austcrIty. " His voice was
muscaIIv agreeable" says richardson; when i no
nows. aud would not be worth repeatlhg ouo ,U ,i -,
particular from Aubrey which may go along win
II ''Ue pronounced the letter. very hard, says
Anbrav. having noted the fact himself and adding
tbs o dom nj ba D ny tra eaSnG the dog
letter certain sign of " satrica VIII" W nat
ever tendency to the satircal went along Win the
strong uttersnce of the dog-lctter IN Mlt0ns case
showed itself chiefly, of course, IN those hours Ok
the dsv when he was at liberty for conversation.
His economy of his day. IL we may trust Aubrey
and Toand " az very strict He rose, thew say, as
carly as 4 o'clock IN Summer. and . in Winter,
bnt would sometimes. Tolaud judiciously hnts, lie
in bed beyond those hours In either case nc began
the dav bv having chapter or two OF the Hebrew
BjbIe read to him by his " man, as Aubrey caiIs
him. l. e. we are TO suppose. by whatever scholiu nc
had in attendance upon him. Tor love or money. as
his servant in such matters Breaklh't uoHH
stairs And then contemplation By himself I'D MS
upper room or study, carried him on TO aDouI :
o'clock, when his " man came 10 hlm agAi T, ,ot
fine solid work of the day in the upstairs room iat
consisted of reading and dictatiOn I'LL the mluuay
dinner the man then changing II ON fca"ci 20 'h'h
uensis by direction and the Writing eeneriN pethe
" as much as the reading" SAYS AunleV' AZ Lilt
midday dinner down stars, Milton TOOK WhaC
was SET before him." SAYS Richardson. when Wa
ANYTHING most i'm season or the easiest procured,
explains TOland. bOth agreeing that ne was III
traOrdinary temperate IN ms dlet anu ~ lliom''
TO sharp or strong lIquors lie had ms preferences
however in matters of diet, like Othor people, auu
his wife knew them. Dinner over, some eille - VI
four hours in the afternoon were gwen 10 eAeIcI3o
and recreation. Walking, either out IN Tue IeIGn-
borhOod or in his own garden. was Always WI ~ ~,
vorit,. exercise but some kind OF swinging machine
served him for more artificial exercise WllniH uo"S
in wet weather. Whatever olher recIelll on .uoao
was music was Indispensable, ana tne oItii VI VI
some other instrument, with singing, or lIstenns
song whiled away part vi every hlleIn93on. nv
about 4 o'clock Milton seems generally 70 nav IT,
turned TO his own room again Tor an nour OF 81 ~
bnSelf. hut from TO 3 he was again accessible 10
his friends. Al o'clock " he went down 10 sup
per, which usually olives or some hght 1 uniNs
and after supper he smoked hls pine ara dIahh
class of water and went to bed" We do not near
of a pipe any other time of tue day. put may sIi
pec as like Doubtless he was tepcreo IT, rar rS
as I'D every other ndul gence. Iempelaiic, Ia.LH
drank between meals" says Aubrey, thihAIhs 'n"'
an exceptional TRAIT
Milton was cheerful companion, but no joker
Instrumentation was lively and satircal' but always
with dignity. He was fond of discoursing on the
merits of Homer. whom he could repeat almost oy
heart. He was full of admiration for Eschylus ana
Sopboclcs. hut would resent any depreciation OF
Turipides Virgil was his fayorite Latin poet, but
he had still always a good word for Ovid. In Eng
lish poetry. Shakespeare and Sponsor held SOW
crecn rank or the poets among his contemporaries
he admired Cowley the most. His opinion oil Dry
den was that he was rhymist but no poet" In
his last years. Milton belonged TO no religious co-
munion. and attended no place of worship. lie IN
cliped most to the Quakers, but he had so
strong dislike for q professional clergy'
or any semblance of official machinery
IN religion, that he could not tolerate
even the simplest formahties. Toward the end OF
Julv. 1874. Milton lad an attack of the govt more
serious than usual. But he so far recovered rom
this rs 10 be seen again in his garden or at the door
Of his house. in his gray cloth suit receiving
visitors. or led about on his walks in the open ar
"And 60 August passed with its heats.and September
and October came with the falling leaves Not oV
falling leaf or changing color did month follow
month for Milton. The world came to him by hear
mo onIvD In November, he had fresh attack OF
cont and his neighbors were thenceforth 10 miss
fine famous blind man in gray" He died on SUNDAY
November 8, having almost completed the sixty
sixth ear of his age.