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CONTENTS.
Plautus and Aristophanes, Pag. 22.
Homer and Virgil, 23.
The Opinion that Homer wrote loosely, and without any premeditated Scheme, considered and refuted, 26.
Virgil preferred to Hesiod, 32.
Theocritus to Virgil, 33.
The Lyric Poets, ibid.
Horace compared with Pindar and Anacreon, 34.
Catullus and Anacreon, 35.
Cowley mentioned to the Honour of our Country, ibid.
The Greek and Roman Historians, 36.
Tully opposed to the Grecian Orators, 37.
The Commendations of the Latin Tongue, ibid.
The Art of Writing well, 38.
A general Character of the Roman Authors, 39.
Directions in Reading the Classics, 40.
Caution against Common-Places, 41.
The true way of remembering and imitating the Ancients, 44.
Caution