I trust to Quintilian in that respect, who prefers Homer." KING.

"But one should not be a slave to the opinion of the Ancients." GELLERT.

"Nor am I that.

I follow them only in cases where, owing to the distance, I cannot judge for myself." MAJOR ICILIUS (again giving a slight fillip or suggestion).

"He," the Herr Professor here, "has also treated of GERMAN LETTER-WRITING, and has published specimens." KING.