CfiAP. XIIL] Classic Liltraturc. ^^\\ 



Russian archbishop, is a singular spcchiicn of li- 

 terary labour. This work was splendidly printed, 

 towards the close of the eighteenth century, under 

 the patronage, and at the expense, of prince Po- 

 temkin. 



But notwithstanding all the labours of learned 

 men to promote the knowledge of the Greek and 

 Latin classics, the study of them was almost uni- 

 formly declining from the beginning to the end of 

 the century. And in the course of little more than 

 two centuries this kind of knowledo-e, from beino- 

 considered the most interesting and important that 

 could occupy the attention of man, came to be 

 regarded by a large portion of the literary world 

 as among the most useless objects of pursuit. 



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