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i6% History of the Society of "Dilettanti
ourselves it must necessarily be, few of us can hope to have the
honour and credit, which will certainly result to us from their being
spread over Europe.
'The Committee docs therefore unanimously recommend to
the Society that they do annually subscribe ten guineas each for the
next five years, for the purpose of promoting the publication of
the drawings collected by the Ionian Mission, over and above the
other payments made to the Society ; and further, that any Member
choosing to pay the whole fifty guineas in one payment, shall
receive from the Society his copy of the works published within the
five years, with the plates taken off on Indian paper; and that
should any Member having so subscribed his fifty guineas die before
the expiration of the five years, his heir, or any person appointed
by him, shall receive the work in the same manner as he would
himself have received it, if he were still living.
' The Committee also beg leave to inform the Society, that the
First Part of the Antiquities of Eleusis, containing general views
and plans, and the details of the Temple of Diana Propylaea, are
so far advanced, that it will be ready for delivery to the Members
early in the next winter; and that the Second Part, which will give the
details of the Doric and Ionic Propylaea, is in hand, and consider-
ably advanced ; and they beg leave to observe, that it is important
that the engravers engaged by them should be, as far as is possible,
kept constantly employed, or otherwise they may be induced to
seek other engagements, which may materially delay the publications
of the Society.'
its results. This earnest appeal to the memory of former
achievements, with its reflections on mortality and
the effects of procrastination, seems to have produced
a deep effect on the members of the Society. On
May i, 1814, it is recorded
' That the Report of the Ionian Committee drawn up & printed
& distributed to the Members in consequence of the Orders of the
Meeting on March 6 was read & taken into consideration. It
was unanimously agreed by the 16 members present that the
proposed subscription of ten guineas each for five years certain
for the purpose of forwarding the publications of the Society be
adopted. Eleven votes by letter or Proxy were also given in favour
of this measure making on the whole 37 affirmatives, and only one
negative letter has been received. The thanks of the Society
were voted to the Duke of Somerset for his Grace's proposed
donation of fifty pounds made previous to the proposal of the
subscription now voted, to which he has added his assent to the
ourselves it must necessarily be, few of us can hope to have the
honour and credit, which will certainly result to us from their being
spread over Europe.
'The Committee docs therefore unanimously recommend to
the Society that they do annually subscribe ten guineas each for the
next five years, for the purpose of promoting the publication of
the drawings collected by the Ionian Mission, over and above the
other payments made to the Society ; and further, that any Member
choosing to pay the whole fifty guineas in one payment, shall
receive from the Society his copy of the works published within the
five years, with the plates taken off on Indian paper; and that
should any Member having so subscribed his fifty guineas die before
the expiration of the five years, his heir, or any person appointed
by him, shall receive the work in the same manner as he would
himself have received it, if he were still living.
' The Committee also beg leave to inform the Society, that the
First Part of the Antiquities of Eleusis, containing general views
and plans, and the details of the Temple of Diana Propylaea, are
so far advanced, that it will be ready for delivery to the Members
early in the next winter; and that the Second Part, which will give the
details of the Doric and Ionic Propylaea, is in hand, and consider-
ably advanced ; and they beg leave to observe, that it is important
that the engravers engaged by them should be, as far as is possible,
kept constantly employed, or otherwise they may be induced to
seek other engagements, which may materially delay the publications
of the Society.'
its results. This earnest appeal to the memory of former
achievements, with its reflections on mortality and
the effects of procrastination, seems to have produced
a deep effect on the members of the Society. On
May i, 1814, it is recorded
' That the Report of the Ionian Committee drawn up & printed
& distributed to the Members in consequence of the Orders of the
Meeting on March 6 was read & taken into consideration. It
was unanimously agreed by the 16 members present that the
proposed subscription of ten guineas each for five years certain
for the purpose of forwarding the publications of the Society be
adopted. Eleven votes by letter or Proxy were also given in favour
of this measure making on the whole 37 affirmatives, and only one
negative letter has been received. The thanks of the Society
were voted to the Duke of Somerset for his Grace's proposed
donation of fifty pounds made previous to the proposal of the
subscription now voted, to which he has added his assent to the