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Epitaph. on James Craggs, Esq. in Westminster Abbey. - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Epitaph. on James Craggs, Esq. in Westminster Abbey.

By Alexander PopeSource: Alexander Pope - PoetryDB (Public Domain)69 words

JACOBUS CRAGGS REGI MAGNAE BRITANNIA A SECRETIS ET CONSILIIS

SANCTIORIBUS, PRINCIPIS PARITER AC POPULI AMOR ET DELICIAE: VIXIT

TITULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR ANNOS, HEU PAUCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. MDCCXX.

Statesman, yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere,

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