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Title: Cragg's epitaph english'd

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1721 ?

Manuscript: Lt 11

Contents: Outspoken satirical attack on James Craggs the elder, postmaster-general and

financial speculator, on the occasion of his death; adapting preceding Latin

poem.

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Title: A midnight thought. God incomprehensible

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: Religious poem, a night-time vision of the immeasurable glories of God in

heaven, rapturously wishing for death

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Title: Doctor and patient. The doctors skill and patient's case consider'd and discover'd.

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 17-- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 51

Contents: Satire on the medical profession, describing their dubious practices and their habit of burying their mistakes

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