A guide to classical learning [electronic resource] : 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.
1764
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A guide to classical learning [electronic resource] : 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.
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Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
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Polymetis. Abridgments
Guide to classical learning.
Guide to classical learning.
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London : printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and R. Horsfield, in Ludgate-Street, MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[8],iv,340p. ; 12⁰.
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An adaptation by Tindal of Joseph Spence's 'Polymetis'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T6261.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Tindal, N. (Nicolas), 1687-1774.
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