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Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews;

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J. Johnson, no. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1839 - Hebrew language

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Index

Contents

OF THE USES AND DESIGN OF POETRY	1

LECTURE II	21

THE FIRST PART	28

LECTURE IV	37

LECTURE V	51

LECTURE VI	59

LECTURE VII	70

LECTURE VIII	81

OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF POETRY EXTANT IN THE WRITINGS	189

LECTURE XIX	200

LECTURE XX	217

OF ELEGIAC POETRY	245

LECTURE XXIII	254

OF DIDACTIC POETRY	265

LECTURE XXVI	288

LECTURE XXVII	299

LECTURE IX	90

LECTURE X	104

LECTURE XI	114

LECTURE XII	121

LECTURE XIII	136

LECTURE XIV	147

OF SUBLIMITY OF EXPRESSION	157

LECTURE XVI	168

LECTURE XVII	177

LECTURE XXVIII	309

OF THE IDYLLIUM OR HYMN	316

OF DRAMATIC POETRY	325

LECTURE XXXI	336

OF THE POEM OF	352

LECTURE XXXIII	370

LECTURE XXXIV	379

A Brief Confutation of Bishop Hares System of Hebrew Metre	393

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Bibliographic information

Title	Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews; Volume 2 of Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews, John Keyse Sherwin
Author	Robert Lowth
Translated by	George Gregory
Illustrated by	John Keyse Sherwin
Contributor	Joseph Johnson
Publisher	J. Johnson, no. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1839
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	30 Jan 2009

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