2^Q Classic Literature. [Chap. XIII. 



To these succeeded Everard Scheid '*', a disciple 

 of the same school, who wrote largely and learn- 

 edly on the proposed system of derivation, but 

 differed materially from his preceptor and his 

 fellow pupils. Beside the services rendered to 

 Greek literature by the great critics above-men- 

 tioned, the Ellipses Grceae of Lambertus Bos ; the 

 Doctrina P articular um of Henry Hoogeveen f ; 

 and the ingenious speculations of lord Monboddo, 

 in his Origin and Progress of * Language |, have 

 all contributed to unfold more clearly than before 

 the etymology, th^ genius, the beauties, and the 

 various excellencies of this ancient tongue. 



But the services of these eminent critics have 

 not been all stated. While they pursued further 

 than their ])redecessors the analysis of the Greek 

 language, they purified the grammar from many 

 absurdities and errours ; they interpreted and 

 amended many passages in ancient authors ; and 

 contributed in various ways to facilitate and re- 

 commend the study of those authors. And even 



* Vide Etymologlcum ; and Animadvcrsiones ad Analogiam 

 Liiigtice GrctccT, 



t Docfn'na Farticularum Livguce Grceccv, Aitdore et EJitore 

 Henrico Hoogeveen, 2 torn. ^ito. Tliis is a liirge, ingenious, and 

 learned work, on the origin and meaning of the Greek Particles, 

 Lord Monboddo speaks of it in terms of great respect and appro- 

 bation. Sec liis Origin and Progress of Language. 



% Lord JMonboddo derives tlie whole Greek language from com- 

 binations in duad.Sy of the uj with tlie other five vowels, ql, s, <, o, u j 

 the oj being always last : so t4iat aa-, sw, luj, ocv, vw, are the radi- 

 cal soundS;, from whlcl) the whole language is derived. ]t is very 

 remiu-kable, that tlie British philologist adopted ;dmost precisely 

 the same doctrine on this subject which had been before taught, 

 though without his knowledge, by Hemsterhuis, and his followers, 

 of the L^} den school. 



