5741 O F Mr. ALEXANDER POPE, And Several of his FRIENDS. Amicitia Causa. 9. Richardson J. LONDON: Printed by J. WRIGHT for J. KNAPTON in Ludgateftreet, PREFACE. F what is here offer'd the Reader fhould happen in any degree to please him, the thanks are not due to the Author, but partly to his Friends, and partly to his Enemies: It was wholly owing to the Affection of the former, that fo many Letters of which he never kept copies were preferv'd, and to the Malice of the latter that they were produc'd in this manner. |