This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: An Introduction to the Classics; Containing, a Short Discourse on Their Excellencies; and Directions How to Study Them to Advantage. With an Essay, on the Nature and Use of Those Emphatical and Beautiful Figures Which Give Strength and Ornament to Writing. by Anthony Blackwall; Original Published by: printed for George Mortlock, and Henry Clements; and William Cantrell bookseller in Derby in 1718 in 267 pages; Subjects: Classical literature; History / Ancient / General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical