Both will prefer Virgil-Virgil of "arms and the man," the story-teller, Virgil the lover of Italy, Virgil the glorifier of Roman deeds and destiny, Virgil the readily understood, Virgil who has already drawn aside, at least partly, the veil that hangs before the mystic other-world, Virgil the almost Christian prophet, with the almost Biblical language, Virgil the spiritual, Virgil the comforter.
"Horace and His Influence"
Grant Showerman
The glorifier of humanity the poet is, not its mere reporter; that is the historian's function.
"Essays Æsthetical"
George Calvert
Perhaps he was dictating an editorial for the official journal; perhaps he was according an interview to the correspondent of the London glorifier; perhaps one of the Abbotts was with him.
"The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner"
Charles Dudley Warner