" ... poetry of many kinds, such as the works of Milton, Gray, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley, gave me great pleasure, and even as a schoolboy I took intense delight in Shakespeare, especially in the historical plays. "
" ... tous les genres de poésie, telles les oeuvres de Milton, Gray, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge ou Shelley, me procuraient un grand plaisir ; de même, à l'école, je me délectais de Shakespeare, surtout des pièces historiques." L'autobiographie.