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STUDIES

IN

PO E T R Y.

EMBRACING NOTICES OF THE LIVES AND WRITINGS OF THE BEST

POETS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

A COPIOUS SELECTION OF

ELEGANT EXTRACTS,

A SHORT

ANALYSIS OF HEBREW POETRY,

AND

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE SACRED POETS :

DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE

THE PRINCIPLES OF RHETORIC, AND TEACH THEIR

APPLICATION TO POETRY.

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BY GEORGE B. CHEEVER.

BOSTON: CARTER AND HENDEE.

MDCCCXXX.