...in fact, a metrical historian. And this is what Mr. Gladstone does not scruple to assert. 'lie alono of all the now famous epic writers, moves (in the...lived, and presents to us, from his own single hand, a represe ntatioii of life, manners, history—of morals, theology, and politics— so vivid and comprehensive,...

...which they were all included in the performances of time. " He alone," he says, " of all the now famous writers, moves— in the ' Iliad, 'especially— subject...unsurpassed work of the imagination, is also the greatest cbronicler that ever lived, and presents to us, from his own single hand, a representation of life,...

...Nothing is more extraordinary in his poems than their general accuracy and perfection of minute detail. ' Where other poets sketch, Homer draws ; and where...writers, moves (in the Iliad especially) subject to tho stricter laws of time and place ; he alone, while producing an unsurpassed work of the imagination,...