It has been observed, that they who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it. What we know of Milton’s character, in domestic relations, is, that he was severe and arbitrary. His family consisted of women; and there appears in his books something like a Turkish contempt of females, as subordinate and inferior beings. That his own daughters might not break the ranks, he suffered them to be depressed by a mean and penurious education. He thought woman made only for obedience, and man only for rebellion.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)
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Also known as Lives of English Poets and Lives of the Poets.