Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear.
“The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.”
“Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.”