WORKS

OF

ALEXANDER POPE;

WITH

NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

JOSEPH WARTON, D. D.

AND OTHERS.

A NEW EDITION,

COMPLETE IN NINE VOLUMES.

VOLUME VIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. F. DOVE, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE;

FOR RICHARD PRIESTLEY, HIGH HOLBORN.

MDCCCXXII.

MINNESOTA

ATOREMMIN.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE EIGHTH VOLUME.

[The Articles marked thus † were not inserted in Dr. WARBURTON'S Edition.]

LETTERS TO AND FROM EDWARD BLOUNT, ESQ.

LETTER

From 1714 to 1725.

Page

I. Of the Geography of Homer, a map done by the

Author. The state of the times: The siege of Bar-

celona, the Queen's death, the condition of the

English Roman Catholics: Wishes for the peace

of the nation

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II. From Mr. Blount. Answer to the former. His tem-

in religion and politics

per

III. From Mr. Blount. His disposition to quiet; reflec-

tions on the affair of Preston: An invitation into

the country

IV. An account of the death of Mr. Wycherley
V. Contemplations on the pleasures of separate Spirits,
on the narrow conceptions of men, the vanity of
human knowledge, the variety of opinions in reli-
gion, and the great duty of charity

VI. Consolations under persecution: The duty of mutual

assistance: Universal Charity. The Author leaving

Windsor Forest

VII. From Mr. Blount

VIII. After the affair of Preston. The Author's removal,

change of life, and resignation to it

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IX. To Mr. Blount, after his retirement into Flanders.

On the History of Jeffery of Monmouth, etc.

X. On the death of the Author's father

XI. To Mr. Blount

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XII. On Mr. Blount's recovery from an illness: Advice to

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XIII. Of his manner of life in the country, and of the Au-

thor's near the town

XIV. A description of a grotto

XV. On the approach of winter, hospitality, and a cheerful
family

LETTERS TO AND FROM THE HONOURABLE

ROBERT DIGBY.

From 1717 to 1724.

I. After a fit of sickness. Of the tragedy of Gorboduc.
The Author's progress in translating Homer's
Iliad

II. Excuse for writing carelessly: The humour of the

III. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former

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IV. On the finishing his Translation of the Iliad. His

situation at Twickenham, Planting. The death

of a friend.

V. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former
VI. From Mr. Digby. On the South-sea year

VII. Answer to the former

VIII. From Mr. Digby. On the same subject

IX. + From the Same

X. Character of Dr. Arbuthnot and his brother. Death

XI. Character of the Digby Family -

XII. Lord Bathurst's Wood; the camp in Hyde-Park;
the Bishop of Rochester's conversation

XIII. A Winter-invitation to a fire-side

XIV. From Mr. Digby. A Letter of friendship: The
disadvantages of an ill constitution. Consola-
tion in friends of integrity. Their manner of
life in the country preferred to that in the town

XVII. On the season of Christmas: Customs of hospita-
lity: Charity and good works, where they are.
yet subsisting

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