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preserved here, and 40 are still in the building,—and
of the Frize, the whole length of which was about 524
feet 10 inches, we possess 250 feet in tolerable pre-
servation. Thus a large portion of these invaluable
works is preserved to the Arts ; their renown in the
ancient world, and the sensation which their recovery
has made in the most enlightened of the modern
schools, hold out every hope that they may ultimately
be the means of reviving that pure taste which, since
the age of Pericles, has never in the same degree
recovered its dominion.
C. R. COCKERELL.
preserved here, and 40 are still in the building,—and
of the Frize, the whole length of which was about 524
feet 10 inches, we possess 250 feet in tolerable pre-
servation. Thus a large portion of these invaluable
works is preserved to the Arts ; their renown in the
ancient world, and the sensation which their recovery
has made in the most enlightened of the modern
schools, hold out every hope that they may ultimately
be the means of reviving that pure taste which, since
the age of Pericles, has never in the same degree
recovered its dominion.
C. R. COCKERELL.