(August 1824.) "To the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes' throne." -- Milton.
The celebrity of the great classical writers is confined within no limits, except those which separate civilised from savage man.

Their works are the common property of every polished nation.

They have furnished subjects for the painter, and models for the poet.

In the minds of the educated classes throughout Europe, their names are indissolubly associated with the endearing recollections of childhood,--the old school-room,--the dog-eared grammar,--the first prize,--the tears so often shed and so quickly dried.

So great is the veneration with which they are regarded, that even the editors and commentators who perform the lowest menial offices to their memory, are considered, like the equerries and chamberlains of sovereign princes, as entitled to a high rank in the table of literary precedence.