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AN APPEAL
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By Wm BLACLVIOOD, !Wit:burgh.; and BA:owls, CRADoca,

and J or, London, In n Yob. Iva
LECTURES no the HIS CORY of ANCIEN 1.
acid MODERN LI EERA LIME. Translated from the
t.ersnaii of t; tED. SCHLEUEL. With Notre, and an Intro-
duct to • by th• Translator.
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" Ihe writinp of these illustrious Brothers are distinguished
by the same rare union of the must pr ofound learning, the must
enlightened refleetkru, arid the most enthusiastic eloquence. Ile
extraordinary inter, st winch these Lectures excited when they
were delivered in the year 181 x, Is still fresh In our recollection.
yet we rise from their perusal, as from that of something altoge-
ther DM."

" As composition% they bear the strongest resemblance to the
Dramatic Lectures of la Siam Augustus Schlegel, but the:r sub-
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Author has surcetded beyond all who have gone beture him, in
mini; a general view of the developcmcot and aptnt of Liters
turf email the most Illustrious Nations both of Ancient and Mo-
dern l imam, and, above all, iu representing to us Literature as k
has exerted its influence in the affairs of active life—on the fate of
Nations, and the statical progress of ages."—Leipsic Review.