Spence, Joseph; Tindal, Nicholas [Editor]; Dodsley, James [Oth.]: A Guide To Classical Learning: Or, Polymetis Abridged: Containing, I. By Way of Introduction, the Characters of the Latin Poets and their Work ... II. An Inquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists ... Being a Work absolutely necessary, not only for the Right Understanding of the Classics, but also for forming in Young Minds a True Taste for the Beauties of Poetry, Sculpture, and Painting (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1786)

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PREFACE.
MR. SPENCE is the first who may
be said to have joined the study
of the antiques to that of criticism*.
The result of this junction was his elabo-
rate Inquiry concerning the Agreement be-
tween /fewoRKS os the Roman poets and
the remains of the antient kmcivcs, in
order to illustrate them from one an-
other; and to that end he lias colle&ed
no less than 3000 passages from the La-
tin poets and others, relating to the alle-
gorical beings received as deities among
the Romans.
The following ssieets are a complete a-
bridgement of this excellent treasure of
classical learnings the nature of the work
* This connexion, though spoken of in general
both by antients and moderns, has not been han-
dled, in particular, by any writer, except Mr.
Addison, in his Treatise on medals, who made but
a very small progress in it.
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