PURSUITS OF LITERATURE Υμεις, ω παντα εν πᾶσι φυσει και παιδεια χρηστοι, και μέτριοι, επινεύσατε. Athenagoræ Atheniensis Legatio Imperatoribus Antonino et Commodo. Ad fin. Op. Justin, Martyr. Ed. Paris 1036 pag. 39. THE FOURTEENTH EDITION WITH THE CITATIONS TRANSLATED AND WITH A COMPLETE INDEX. PRINTED FOR T. BECKET, 81. PALL MALL. L'Envoy. Hæc ego Picria solus meditabar in umbrâ, Ingentes ausus Patriæ lenire labores. In perusing the Notes to the Pursuits of Literature, the PREFACE. (a) νυν, ω βέλτιστε Κηφισοφών, οι δ' όσοι έτοι εισιν οι τως περι ήμων λόγες εμβάλλοντες ες τες οχλες αλλ' ώσπερ αει άπρακτοι αυτών αι κακαι γλώσσαι εγένοντο, και γέλωτα εξ αυτών και μίσος, εδεν πλέον, ωφλισκάνον, και ισθι, ότι εκ απρακτοι μόνον, αλλ' επι κακω σφισιν εσονται. ποιείς περὶ τάτων ἡμιν γράφων, επειδήπερ εκεί ήμιν διαφέρει, αλλ' ώσπερ ει ποιεις γράφων, έτως αδικειν φησαιμ' αν ήμας, αντιλέγει τα ύπερ αύτων ΤΟΙΣ I HAVE again revised the Poem on the Pursuits of Litera- ture with considerable care, as I am of opinion that no man of candour and reflection could wish to see any mistakes, in a work so extensive, continued without cor- rection, nor the various parts of it presented to the pub- lic without such improvements, alterations, and additions. to the poetry and the notes, as circumstances have arisen (a) This Preface was first published in December 1800; some (2) Euripidis Epist. ex Macedonia ad Cephisophontem, |