Read This Before You Finish Your Basement. Even if it's currently cold concrete and crammed with boxes of off-season duds, the lowest floor of your home probably has loads of potential. Treat it just as you would any of the rooms aboveground, and it might just become the most popular spot in the houseâfor a lot less cash than adding on.
Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in the literature and history of the English-speaking world, and many of his quotations and neologisms have passed into everyday usage in English and other languages. Many have speculated about Shakespeare's life, including his sexuality and religious affiliation.
John Milton, (born December 9, 1608, London, Englandâdied November 8?, 1674, London?), English poet, pamphleteer, and historian, considered the most significant English author after William Shakespeare. 1  Milton is best known for Paradise Lost, widely regarded as the greatest epic poem in English. Together with Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes, it confirms Miltonâs reputation as one of the greatest English poets.