 | Edward Gibbon - Authors, English - 1796 - 514 pages
...had two, i ft, As Homer is the moft antient Greek author (excepting perhaps Hefiod) who is now exant; and as he was not only the poet, but the lawgiver, the theologian, the hiftorian, and the philofopher, of the antients, every fucceeding writer is full of quotations from,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1856 - 520 pages
...past, and to which I never applied myself with a proper attention, I must give a reason why I began with Homer, and that contrary to Le Clerc's advice....natural to follow the ancients themselves, who always began their studies by the perusal of Homer ? 2dly, No writer ever treated such a variety of subjects.... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English poetry - 1878 - 270 pages
...Quintillian acknowledge the submission due from Philosophers to Poets, and Gibbon declare Homer to be "the lawgiver, the theologian, the historian, and the philosopher of the ancients," we are unable to believe it. Poetry is the enthusiasm of the understanding ; and, as Milton finely... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1878 - 264 pages
...Quintillian acknowledge the submission due from Philosophers to Poets, and Gibbon declare Homer to be " the lawgiver, the theologian, the historian, and the philosopher of the ancients," we are unable to believe it. Poetry is the enthusiasm of the understanding; and, as Milton finely expresses... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English poetry - 1878 - 272 pages
...Quintillian acknowledge the submission due from Philosophers to Poets, and Gibbon declare Homer to be " the lawgiver, the theologian, the historian, • and the philosopher' of the ancients," we are unable to believe it. Poetry is the enthusiasm of the understanding ; and, as Milton finely... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1878 - 270 pages
...Quintillian acknowledge the submission due from Philosophers to Poets, and Gibbon declare Homer to be "the lawgiver, the theologian, the historian, and the philosopher of the ancients," we are unable to believe it. Poetry is the enthusiasm of the understanding ; and, as Milton finely... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1879 - 488 pages
...past, and tq which I never applied myself with a proper attention, I must give a reason why I began with Homer, and that contrary to Le Clerc's advice....natural to follow the ancients themselves, who always began their studies by the perusal of Homer ? 2ndly. No writer ever treated such a variety of subjects.... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1891 - 482 pages
...past, and to which I never applied myself with a proper attention, I must give a reason why I began with Homer, and that contrary to Le Clerc's advice....natural to follow the ancients themselves, who always began their studies by the perusal of Homer ? 2ndly. No writer ever treated such a variety of subjects.... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1891 - 462 pages
...must give a reason why I began with Homer, and that contrary to Le Clerc's advice. I had two. First, as Homer is the most ancient Greek author (excepting...natural to follow the ancients themselves, who always began their studies by the perusal of Homer? Secondly, no writer ever treated such a variety of subjects.... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1891 - 470 pages
...must give a reason why I began with Homer, and that contrary to Le Clerc's advice. I had two. First, as Homer is the most ancient Greek author (excepting...natural to follow the ancients themselves, who always began their studies by the perusal of Homer? Secondly, no writer ever treated such a variety of subjects.... | |
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As Homer is the most ancient Greek author (excepting perhaps Hesiod) who is now extant ; and as he was not only the poet, but the lawgiver, the theologian, the historian, and the philosopher, of the ancients, every succeeding writer is full of quotations... 
