Sir Thomas Browne
Religio Medici and Urn Burial. In the "Scott Library” Series.
The very spirit of ancient Norwich, the mellowest and most historic of all English cities, breathes in these sumptuous and aromatic pages. After Lamb and Pater, both of whom loved him well, Browne is the subtlest adept in the recondite mysteries of rhythmic prose who can be enjoyed in our language.
Not to catch the cadences of his peculiar music is to confess oneself deaf to the finer harmonies of words.