Litchfield enquirer., 1845-02-27


 RIOGRAPHICAI,sSK SKETCHES OF SOME OF
 HE ANCIENT GREEK LlTERATI. n ss CHArTER LOT ESoP. Esor, the distinguished Grecian Fabulist. i, said te haze Aoprished about the year of fhe world 34s3, in the 5ad of the ist olympiad. and in the year Before Christ $40. 6
 ?. He was born in corri1Eus, town of Phry. gia g .nq sasfspa ssaisg g. His condition was that of q servant or slave. f4. Al first. he was employed in the service ol xanthus, Lydian and finally, by Iaduionus, a Samian. who gave him his freedom. " .f
 5. As soon as hs had obtained his. liberty, he wentona journey. to improve his mind by travel ing. ais -gsaSs8 1aa@S asA .@ssfysM Y a'6. When he had jourheyed through many pla- ces, on account of the fame of his genius and wis . doms he was received into the palace of CREsUs, the most wealthy king Of Lydia. at Sardis.
 Having tarried a long time among the Sardfans, lie was, at length sent by cxEsus so Delphos. the famous place of an ancient oracle. N ~ g. Herc he was falsely accused If sacfiiege, and thrown from thu P5edvidn Rock, and thus died by the hands of basbarians, most unjust and shameful eath-shameful only on the part of his accusers. judges and executioners. s Sea g. The things which Monachus. and that false writer, Pfanudes, have related concerning Esop. are unworthy Of crcdence- particularly. respect ing his bodily deformity.; a ' sf s, 10. In regard te his having been fiae Author of the Fables which ars attributed to him. many of the most ancient writers have frequently express ed their opinions in the affirmative
 aa1l. But whether those Fables which are circu- lated Tat the present day, under his name, are gen. aipe. many have their dOubts , 's K. sass .'s.3 - ai2, Indeed. the most learned men among the uodesns. have altogether iissented from their ve- Tacity among whoin, especially may be mention s& thai schalar of great fame, Richard Bentley, in Ilis most rclebrstsd Dissertation concerning the Episses of Phalerides, Themssicles. Socrates, Eu- ripides. and others; and likewise. in his Critical Essays upon 4EsoP's Fables. which were printeO at London, isf the year of Christ. 16s7.i .x.a 13. Thomas Tyrwhitt also wrote Dissertation m sBabrus, relating to tise subject ef Aaops Fa- bies, which vas prinaef at London, iss the year 1176; in the 25th page of which, he commenced a criticism on this subject. aes *s ff
 -14. in the larger Collection of Esop's Fables. there is great variety of ayse. an t is plain to discover, tbat they were not all written by the same apthos x. Is. In some editions of Asop's Fables. may be found an admirable brevity and simplicity style, which agrees with that of remote antiquity and therefore, these Fables are thought tc De genuine i6, They are we'll adapted to the minds of youn' ger scholars and should. fhereloie. De first studied by young men who wisb ts snfsr bpon tI,e prose. cution of their studies. in obtaining an accnrais knowledge of the mcsoaf Greek iangsags,
 IT. Asa Fabuiist, Asop was unrivslied, and T this department of light and agreeable literature has had no equal, from his day to the present tlme rls.a Maay have initiated hin. and vith some de gree of success. aSs ss i, sS .ssQE
 1e. Among them, should 6e mentioned PHE mus, Latin writer. who lived and wrote sisos ain,e subsequent to the Augustan age of Rome:
 20. His most successful imitators among tn moderns. are La Fontains and L'Essranss Esance.e as ~ aaisns taag saf 2u s9. 2l. phsirus. in speaking of EsOP. says:
 "a. Esopi ipgentem statuam posuere Attici. " Sefyuunoyle -cCIOcafent Drerna ln uasss&e
 Patere honoris scirent ut cuncti viam, s
 As Nee generi tribui. sed yirtuti gloriam.
 .ss. The Attics have mighty ssatue'raisd # .isesTo Esop. and humble servant plae'd
 N On iss eternal base, that men might know,
 Where lies the way .to hsnos. and bestow rasThe wreath of glory not on noble birth; But on the man of modest. virtuous worth. .a4.. Many poets; who haze pEetende8 fo tram late 2sop's Fabies. have perverted ths oSsgiln' simplicity of their language.
 25. They have made additions of theis oss' which have only ssrvedsto obscure the sense. an -wsaissn their native force and elegance.
 2e. il his Eahles. Esop always took espeei care to inculcafe sosns hidden neral, which is ie to the sagacty of the reader to find out; but in q Easlish translationss the Neral ig gasually added absIsanss of saah EahAspSa ai .bsaa i,sa HssFasas
 z His Fsblss may. therefore: hs sai4 to ha the force af moral truth. though clathed in .parabolic sbd enismatical slylespassse ssszsFa
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 prss;asSt POlk on his aiyiysg as Cincinnati. V .ddrssssd by Judge Red ia hisiss spieed pa' .peech all the editor remarks upani it as follow
 .ngripoEx.s reply is said e hare bsea . ssss and gsll,ng rebuie to Judge READ. he stated sui5isnces chat he was NOT fAe f.ss..lens 9! p pa f.e--6utof tEie whole people of she Unite1 sySIe that he had been elected by the unsoaght seilrss of the People that his only 1des're was. snsoa