...of poetry and the fine arts. We generally limit it, although there may be much which deserves to he known beyond this circle) as we limit what we call...extend to a period beyond the power of our calculation. Dut the study of the ancients was iptmediately carried to a most pernicious extent. The learned, who...

...Greek language (for the Latin was never extinct) received a new life : The classical an- • thors were sought after with avidity, and made accessible...extend to a period beyond the power of our calculation. Jiut the study of the ancients was immediately carried to a most pernicious excess. The learned, who...

...twigs, while the dark forest, on which no art or care was ever bestowed, and which towered up toward heaven long before human remembrance, bears every...extend to a period beyond the power of our calculation. . . . The genuine followers of the ancients, those who attempted to rival them, who from a similarity...

...that, three centuries and a half ago, the study of ancient literature, by the diffusion of the Greek language (for the Latin was never extinct) received...ancients was immediately carried to a most pernicious excess. The learned, who were chiefly in possession of this knowledge, and who were incapable of distinguishing...

...solitary beholder with religious awe. versal history to whatever has had a nearer or more re« mote influence on the present cultivation of Europe : consequently...extend to a period beyond the power of our calculation. . . . The genuine followers of the ancients, those who attempted to rival them, who from a similarity...

...Latin never became extinct); the classical authors were brought to light, and rendered universally accessible by means of the press; and the monuments of ancient art were diligently disinterred and preserved. All this powerfully excited the human mind, and formed a decided...

...Latin never became extinct); the classical authors were brought to light, and rendered universally accessible by means of the press; and the monuments of ancient art were diligently disinterred and preserved. All this powerfully excited the human mind, and formed a decided...

...his first lecture in Vienna, AW Schlegel described thus the formation of the neoclassical position: It is well known that, three centuries and a half...of ancient art were carefully dug up and preserved. . . . But the study of the ancients was immediately carried to a most pernicious extent. The learned,...

...Latin never became extinct); the classical authors were brought to light, and rendered universally accessible by means of the press; and the monuments of ancient art were diligently disinterred and preserved. All this powerfully excited the human mind, and formed a decided...