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Miscellaneotis Observations. 7^^ Monacensis lectionibus compluribus prorsus nobis persuasimus, plurimis locis, ubi ille vel solus vel cum aliquo consimili in- signiorem varietatem ofFert, docto earn alicui Graeco deberi, qui Demetrii Triclinii et Manuelis Moschopuli more recen- suerit Platonica: tales enim recensiones etiam Platonis opera experta esse, ex multis coUigitur indiciis, debetque illis recen- sionibus investigandis diligens impendi opera, quum prassertim codices ea via interpolati et levigati aliqua in ceteris rebus soleant puritate splendere. Ita ut ex primo Reipublicae libro pauca afferamus, in verbis^^ to tlvos irapaKaTadefxevov tl artpovv jULf] awcppovco^ airaiTOvvTi aTrocLcovaiy lectio codicis Monacensis diraiTovvTo^ arguit correctorem, qui cavens, ne dativus conjungeretur cum otwovv^ dederit genitivum prae- cedenti tlvo^ TrapaKaTaOcfxevov adaptatum ; verbis y} avrrj avrfj TO ^vjucpepov (TKeyreTaL^^ imperite additum est kol toI^ dpyoiixevoi^j quod etiam librum Flor. j3. invasit; in verbis TovTa /meu ovv otl ovtwS' e^et juiavOdpco^^^ primae personam rationem non perspiciens corrector, ex cujus recensione Mo- nacensis codex fluxit, non ineleganter, sed tamen minus ad personam dicentis accommodate dedit fkavQavei^ ^y}, quod et ipsum Flor. /3. ofFert, itidem ut nostro loco, a secunda manu falsum prodente: ne plura nunc conferamus, quae facili col- legeris opera. Scr. Berolini d. xviii. m. Jun, a mdcccxxix. V. Cleon and Admiral Vernon. Mr Mitford, in his elaborate narrative of the Pelopon- nesian war, has drawn a comparison between the military operations of Brasidas in the Athenian dependencies lying towards Thrace, and those of General Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, in Canada^ The points of resemblance are very re- markable, but, as he observes, the differences are also obvious. The parallel is, however, sufficiently close to awaken that interest which all men naturally feel in marking the identity of the human character, under similar circumstances, in ages " P. 331. E. '- P. 342. A. '^ P. 352. D. ' Chap. xvi. sect. 6.