...advance it as a fourth observation on this subject, of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences, That when the arts and sciences come to perfection...revive in that nation, where they formerly flourished. It must be confessed, that this maxim, though conformable to experience, may at first sight be esteemed,...

...advance it as a fourth observation on this subject, of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences, That when the arts and sciences come to perfection...they naturally or rather necessarily decline, and teldom or never revive in that nation, where they formerly flourished. It must be confessed, that this...

...advance it as a fourth observation on this subject, of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences, That "when the arts and sciences come to perfection...decline) and seldom or never revive in that nation, inhere they formerly Jlourished. It must be confessed, that this maxim, though conformable to experience,...

...highest excellence, they, in the course of human affairs, perish and decay. Thus Mr. Hume asserts, that " when the arts and sciences come to perfection in any state, they naturally, or rather necessarily, * ' ' " ' 7 ' • "" * Sir JE Smith's Review of the Modem State...

...and decay. Thus Mr. Hume asserts, that " whe:i the arts and sciences come to perfection in any state, they naturally, or rather necessarily, decline, and seldom or never revive in that nation where they have formerly nourished ;" and the judicious Tiraboschi admits, that " it is common to all the studies...

...and decay. Thus Mr. Hume asserts, that " when the arts and sciences come to perfection in any state, they naturally, or rather necessarily, decline, and seldom or never revive in that nation where they have formerly flourished ;" and the judicious Tiraboschi admits, that " it is common to all the studies...

...their elevation and declension ; and further, that when they come to perfection in any state, they necessarily decline, and seldom or never revive in that nation where they had formerly flourished. To the general truth of these remarks, history and experience oblige us to...

...their elevation and declension ; and further, that when they come to perfection in any state, they necessarily decline, and seldom or never revive in that nation where they had formerly flourished. To the general truth of these remarks, history and experience oblige us to...

...an imitator." Hume too, in his Essay on the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences, maintains, " that when the arts and sciences come to perfection...revive in that nation where they formerly flourished." The principal reason he assigns for this effect is, the discouragement, which the possession of models...

...the taste and genius of that elegant people. It is for these reasons, as has been justly observed, that when the arts and sciences come to perfection in any state, they from that moment naturally and necessarily decline; and if this be the case, then surely the more...