His almost Greek zeal for the glory of his heroes can only be paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry, with which Milton, as if personating one of the zealots of the old law, clothed himself when he sat down to paint the acts of Samson against the uncircumcised.

The great obstacle to Chapman's translations being read, is their unconquerable quaintness.
He pours out in the same breath the most just and natural, and the most violent and crude expressions.

He seems to grasp at whatever words come first to hand while the enthusiasm is upon him, as if all other must be inadequate to the divine meaning.

But passion (the all in all in poetry) is everywhere present, raising the low, dignifying the mean, and putting sense into the absurd.

He makes his readers glow, weep, tremble, take any affection which he pleases, be moved by words, or in spite of them, be disgusted, and overcome their disgust.
* * * * * FRANCIS BEAUMONT .-- JOHN FLETCHER.
_Maid's Tragedy_ .-- One characteristic of the excellent old poets is, their being able to bestow grace upon subjects which naturally do not seem susceptible of any.