SHAKS PERE His Juner Life AS INTIMATED IN HIS WORKS BY Fázasium Hwæt thu ece God, eac gemengest tha heofoncundan hither with eorthan; sanla with lice siththan wuniath: this eorthlice and thæt ece samod, saul in flæsce. Hwæt hi simle to the biona fundiath, forthæm hi hider of the æror comon; sculon eft to the. KING ALFRED) LONDON JOHN MAXWELL AND COMPANY 122 FLEET STREET M DCCC LXV TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, M.P., P.C., CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, ETC. WHOSE COPIOUS AND LUCID ILLUSTRATIONS OF HOMER AND THE HOMERIC AGE ENTITLE HIM TO THAT EMINENCE AMONG SCHOLARS WHICH HIS DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICES HAVE SECURED AMONG STATESMEN, The following work, IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT, IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. |