"Epical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... often been called an epic, and certainly there are many epical characteristics in it. One of them is the recurrence of certain formulas, and in Books III and IV these are rather more abundant than in the first two books. Thus the sword of Sigurd is praised in the same words, again ...
— The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature • Conrad Hjalmar Nordby
... Lord Raglan in the Crimea have long since passed away, but in artistic epical presentment they retain their place around him. Airey, his right hand from the first disembarkation at Kalamita Bay, strong-willed, decisive, ardent, thrusting away suspense and doubt, untying every knot, is vindicated ...
— Biographical Study of A. W. Kinglake • Rev. W. Tuckwell |
