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than those of any preceding age. And, finally, by the col- 

 lections of new manuscripts, new light has been thrown on 

 many passages of classic authors which were before unintel- 

 ligible or obscure. For these improvements we are chiefly 

 indebted to the critics of Great-Britain, Germany, and Hol- 

 land. 



Editions of the Classics, p. 50* 



Almost all the classics had been repeatedly edited prior to 

 the commencement of the eighteenth century. Besides many 

 single works of high reputation which pertain to this class, 

 there are two of a more extensive and celebrated kind, be- 

 longing to the seventeenth century, which are worthy of 

 notice. These are the Variorum editions, as they are gene- 

 rally called, published in Holland, about the middle of that 

 century, by Gr^evius, Gronovius, Schrevelius, and 

 others ; and the still more famous editions, In usum Serenis- 

 simi Delphini, published towards the close of the same cen- 

 tury, under the patronage of Louis XIV. and chiefly com- 

 pleted by the labours of Huet, Bossuet, Montausier, 

 and RujEUS. But these, notwithstanding all their excellence, 

 have not discouraged subsequent attempts. The editions 

 which have been given to the public, during the period of 

 this retrospect, are chiefly distinguished by their great typo- 

 graphical elegance; their additions to the various readings be- 

 fore collected ; the superior taste and delicacy of their con- 

 jectural criticism ; and their more enlightened and liberal com- 

 mentaries on the defects, beauties, and meaning of the ancient 

 writers. 



The following editions of Greek authors, in addition to 

 those before mentioned, are worthy of notice: viz. the works 

 of Aristotle, by Buhle; of Longinus, by Pearce and 

 Ruhnkenius; of Demosthenes, by Wolfius and Taylor; 

 of Aristophanes and Sophocles, by Brunck ; and oiAnacreon, 

 by Barnes, Pauw, Spaletti, Degen and Gail. 



The following editions of Latin authors also deserve to be 

 mentioned: viz. Cicero, by Barbou ; Livy, by Crevier; 

 Justin, by Barbou ; Sallust, by Havercamp, and by Don 

 Gabriel, of Spain ; Terence, by Mrs. Grierson, by 

 Westerhovius, and by Zeunius ; Pliny, sen. by Har- 

 doin ; Pliny, jun. by Gesner, and by L'Allemand; Sue- 

 tonius and Plautus, by Ernestus; and Propertius, by 

 Broukhousius andBuRMANN. 



