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LITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCERt 



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Wednesday, August 15 1791. 



An account of the society of Arcadia at rome By 



ABBE TOURNER, TEACHER OF LANGUAGES, EDINBURGH, AUTHOR, 

 GF THE ANECDOTES OF POPE GANGANELLI, iS'C. 



Continued from vol. ix. ^. 281. 



As I promised you ia my last, I proceed in the nar- 

 rative of the establiftiment of our Roman Arcadia. 



The new Arcadians continued for some time in 

 their literary exercises, much to their own improve- 

 ment, as well as that of those who frequented their 

 afsemblies and public rehearsals, which always af- 

 forded great satisfaction to the audience. But as 

 they had it in view, from the beginning, to, institute 

 a pure and simple form of government, congenial to 

 a pastoral nation, they went on for the space of six 

 years, (or of an olympiad, and two years, to speak, in 

 the stile of Arcadia,) from time to time enacting such 

 institutions as, by their conformity with the rights 

 -of nature, promised to be firm and permanent, and 

 VOL. X. SB f 



