Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-06-21


patriotic Mexican usually buried in con-
ceallnent the remainiDg records ofhis
country.
The works Of the ancienis were fre-
QnentIy destroyed at the insiigation Of the
inonks they appear sometimes 10 have
matiiated thens for passages have not
come down 10 us, which once evidently
4 existed; aud occasionally their interpola-
tious aud other forgcries formed des
liruction in new shape, by additions to
tho originals They we're indefaiigable
ia erasing the best works Of the most EN-.
! inent Greek and Latin authors, in order
lto transcribe their Ridiculous lives Of
saints on the 9bliierated velum. Ono Of
tile books Of Lazy is III tie Vatican most
painfully delaced BY some pious father
for the purpose ofwriting on i some mis-
sal or psalter, and there have been recent
.lly Others discovered ii The same state.
EInlamed with the blindest zeal against
! every hing pagan, Pope Gregory VII or.
dered thatthe library ofthe PaIatine Ap-
ollo, treasury of literature formed by
successive emperors, should he commit
4 ed to the flames. He issued this order
under the notion OF cnnfining the attention
of che clergy to the holy scriptures! From
that time all ancient learning which was
not sanctioned by the authority of the
church, has been OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ed as PofdRe--in opposition to sacred.
This pope is said TO have burnt the works
lof Yarro, the learned Roman, thst 81 Au-
stin should escope from the charge of
\ plagiarism beirg deeply indebted to Var
Ero for much Of his great work, the City
III lor Cod
The Destruction of libraries in tIereign
! OF Henry VIII, at the dissolution Of the
monasteries is wept over by John Bale; ;
those who purchased the religious houses
took the libraries as part the booty,
!. with which they secured their furniture,
or sold the books as vast paper, or sent
them abroad in ship-loadS 70 foreign book,
binders
The fear Of ofdestruction induced many
10 hide manuscripts under ground, and in
old walls. At the Reformation popular
raee exhausteditseIfon ON illuminated books
OF MSS that had red letters in theti'le page:
any work which was decorated was sure
10 be thrown into the flames as super.
s,iiious one Red letters and embelish-
Al@sl il6ifges srara srresmarlzs nf heing pap
istical and diabnlicaI. We still fud such
volumes mutilaied ofthe gilt letters and
|, Eelegant ilourishes, but the greater number
were abnihilaied. Many have been
found under ground, forgotten; what es.
! caped the flames we're obllterated BY the
damp: suclg Is the deplorable fate Of
], books during a persecution!
We have lost much valuable literature
by the iliierate or malignant decendents
of learned and Ingenious persons. Many
( Of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's letters
/. have been destroyed, Iam informed oy
!. her mother. who did not approve that she
sbonId tlisersce her fainiy by adding e
!. I n literary honours; and few Other besl
: letters. recently published, wero found bu'
riedlin an oId Ianily chest. II would have
I ,nor,ified her Iadyship's mother, e
/, have heard that her daughter was lis
d Sevirne of Britain
2 All the death Of the learned PelTescs
!, chambev ii his house filed with letter.
, from the most eminent scholars Of the ag'
Z was discovered: the learned n isnrop'
Y had addressed Peiresc in their ditiicniue
j III 3 WAS hence called the Avocat general
I 81 The republic OF letters. Such was 40.
4 disposition Of nis niece What althoual
W repeatedly entresied q permit them !, |.
J be nnblished, she pFefeFfed % regal
y /, bsrsell oecasionally Will burning thes
e = learned episttes to save the expense 9
w 4 fire-wood! =.
T,6a Nss Of Ijeonardo da Vinci have
\ aually suffered from his ralaiiyss, VINE
oe cngous collector discovered some, y
~ II Generously brought then 10 december
- q tbe great painter, who coIdly Observes
A. shaf the had 1 areat deal more IN the ga
y. ~. ~, which Ind laiu. there tov many year
I ifthe rats had not destroyed them ! Nou
81 inc which this great artist wrote ous snoN
e II ed an inventive genius.
y y Ahoat lie wear 1900, Hadde, an OPP
4, N lent b,,raoFnasier 81 Middleburgh, amin
m led solely by literary curiosity, deyot'
ia IA himself and his forttIue He wentto Cf
q. na n instruct hiHseIfin apeuage, ai
Ihe IN whateverwas rema 70 this sing
NJ lar people. He assanl the skill OF
NY msndarine ii that diliicult t5iaguaee; n
rs aid the form Of his Dutch faceundece'
erv the physioanomists Of China, lie sy
"a ceeded ID the dignity ofamansarlne;
he's travelled through theprovincesnudeF 3
sn character, and started TO hsnopsswl'fh ,
pll collection of ofobservatiohs sbe cherish
,ooI dabog 81 thirty years: and all these ",
the sunk ii tho botinmless sea!
lese The great Pinellian library after
aud death oFlss illusirious possessor, ~
lauy three vessels 10 be conveyed to Naples
sen Pnrsuea by coFsairs, one Of the sess
Ilecl was taken; but the piFases6nding Rotf
Indl on board bOl books They threw them
! ST into The sea ;such was the tate ora g