A guide to classical learning; or, Polymetis abridged. In three parts. I. The Rise, Growth, and Decay of Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture, among the Romans; with the Characters of the Latin Poets and their Works, from Ennius down to Juvenal. II. The Usefulness of Antiques towards explaining the Classics; Remarks on our Commentators and School-Education; with a true Idea of the Allegories and Machinery of the Ancients; the want of which is the cause of the Defects and Mistakes in our modern Authors and Artists. III. A summary of Mr. Spence's Inquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the ancient Artists. Being a work, necessary, not only for classical instruction, but for all those who wish to have a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture and painting. By N. Tindal, translator of Rapin.
- Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
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- MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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Polymetis. Abridgments
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London : printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and R. Horsfield, in Ludgate-Street, MDCCLXIV. [1764]
Physical description
[8],iv,340p. ; 120.
References note
ESTC T6261
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