E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Hobbes, Thomas
(b. Malmesbury, April 5th, 1588; d. December 4th, 1679). “The Wonders of the Peak,” a poem (1636); “De Cive” (1646), “Human Nature” (1650); “De Corpore Politico” (1650); “Leviathan” (1651); “Liberty and Necessity” (1654); “Decameron Physiologicum” (1678), “The Behemoth”; a free translation of Aristotle’s “Rhetoric”; a translation of Homer into English verse; and his own “Life,” in Latin verse (1672). See also the “Life” by Blackburne (1681). A complete collection of his Works was published by Sir W. Molesworth (1842–45).
