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    A dialogue between a blind man and death

    Standfast, Richard, 1608?-1684. | Date: 1797
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    The grave. A poem . By Robert Blair. To which is added, An elegy written in a country church-yard. By Mr. Gray.

    Robert Blair | Date: M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]
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    A Watch for a wise man's observation In two parts. I. A divine poem on the Holy Trinity, the four evangelists, the Ten Commandments, and the twelve apostles. II. An exhortation to a holy life, and timely preparation for death.

    | Date: [1727?]
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    Hades look'd into The power of our great Saviour over the invisible world, and the gates of death which lead into that world. Considered, in a sermon preached at the funeral of the Honourable, Wait Winthrop Esq; who expired, 7 d. IX m. 1717. In the LXXXVI year of his age. By C. Mather, D.D. & F.R.S. [Three lines of quotation in Latin].

    Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. | Date: 1717
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    The grave. A poem . By Robert Blair. [One line from Job] To which is added, An elegy, written in a country church-yard. By Mr. Gray.

    Robert Blair | Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
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