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P. 114-15, Garth, &c.-Of Garth, Pope says in his letters: "The best natured of men, Sir Samuel Garth, has left me in the truest concern for his loss. His death was very heroical, and yet unaffected enough to have made a saint or philosopher famous. But ill tongues, and worse hearts, have branded his last moments, as wrongfully as they did his life with irreligion. You must have heard many tales upon this subject: but if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth."-It was finely said of Garth, that no physician knew his art more, nor his trade less.

P. 139, Parnell, &c.-Ruffhead, on the authority of Warburton, has given a different account of the cause which led to Parnell's intemperance:

“When Parnell had been introduced by Swift to Lord Treasurer Oxford, and had been established in his favour by the assistance of Pope, he soon began to entertain ambitious views. The walk he chose to shine in was popular preaching: he had talents for it, and began to be distinguished in the mob places of Southwark and London, when the queen's sudden death destroyed all his prospects, and at a juncture. when famed preaching was the readiest road to preferment. This fatal stroke broke his spirits; he took to drinking, became a sot, and soon finished his course."

P. 258, Rowe.-Mrs. Oldfield used to say: "The best school she had ever known, was only hearing Rowe read her part in his tragedies."

APPENDIX.

LETTERS CHIEFLY OF EMINENT

PERSONS TO MR. SPENCE,

ETC.

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HEARTILY thank you for the very kind Letter, and kind Entertainment, which gave me a greater pleasure than I almost ever received in any Entertainment; it was so easy,

and so warm an one. I left you all with regrett: pray tell Mr. Hay so, and Mr. Ayscough: I conclude Mr. Murray is gone from you-You'll oblige me in sending those Letters, not that I'll take from you any one testimony of my Regard and Love for you, wch you think worth the keeping. You shall have a fair acct of 'em when you come this way but the sooner I have them the better, by a safe hand. My health is pretty well restored, I know is the news you'l best like from this place; and the rest is only to repeat

This is the only letter of Pope among Mr. Spence's Papers, and it will account for the absence of others. After Pope had found his letters a marketable commodity, he got all he could back from his correspondents.-The date of the year is omitted, as is almost always the case in Pope's letters; but I should judge this letter to have been written about the year 1735.-Editor.

that sincere truth you have heard so often, and shall hear while I live, that I am most affectionately

Mr. Spence.

Yours.

A. POPE.

No. II.

FROM MR. CHRISTOPHER PITT.

THO' eternally plagued with composing sermons for my-
self, and differences for my Parishioners, and with Parish
treats, and choosing Church-wardens; I have stole a minute,
you see, to thank you for your kind letter; Methinks 'tis a
long time Jo, since we have heard from one another before;
I don't know which of the two is in fault, but I hope we
shall, both mend for the future.-If you are in earnest when
you commend my translation, I have reason to be proud in-
deed! And I must own that it is something the better for
your perusal and advice; had you been so kind as to have
read and remarked on the whole Translation, I should have
been better satisfied with it. But as it is I have met with
encouragement (I don't mean money) for this slight per-
formance. I am glad to find, by another part of your letter,
that you have made so great a progress in Astronomy of late,
and I'll assure you
Odso! I am afraid I shall want room
for the following Prologue for the Blandford Strollers, which
I writ about a month ago.

Genteels! of old the Prologue led the way,
To lead, defend, and usher in the play;
As saucy footmen run before the coach,
And thunder at the door my Lord's approach;
But though they speak your Entertainment near,
Most Prologues speed like other bills of fare;
Seldom the languid stomach they excite,
And oftner cloy, than whet the appetite.

As for our play-it is not worth our cares,
Our Prologue craves your mercy for the play'rs ;

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