The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Letters

III. From the Bishop of Rochester. On occafion
of the death of Mr. Pope's father.

IV. The answer.

V. On the fate of the South-Sea.

VI. From the Bishop of Rochester. Of Mr.
Dryden's monument : The Arabian
Tales: The South-fea fcheme.

VII. From the fame. On a manuscript of

Huetius, and the epitaph on Mr, Har-

court.

VIII. From the Lord Chancellor Harcourt, on

the epitaph of his fon.

IX. From the Bishop of Rochester. On his

ill health. Waller's verfes on fickness.

Mr. Prior's funeral.

X. From the fame. His love of the country.

A paffage in Tully. Of Shakespear, and

the publication of Mr. Addifon's works.

XI. To the Bishop of Rochefter.

XII. From

LETTER

XII. From the Bishop. On a character drawn

by the author.

XIII. To the Bishop in the country: Wishes

for his quiet.

XIV. From the Bishop of Rochester, his defire
of quiet, and love of books.

XV. An invitation to Twickenham: The va-
nity and emptiness of the world.

XVI. From the Bishop of Rochester. An an-
fwer to the former.
His diflike of

great men: Preparation for his burial
place in Westminster-Abbey.

XVII. From the fame, on the fame fubject. The
ftate of his mind, and the world's mi-
ftake of his character.

XVIII. From the fame. More concerning men of
quality. Of Milton's manufcript, ana
Agonistes.

XIX. The Duke of Marlborough's funeral.

The author's refolution to keep clear of

flattery.

XX. From the Bishop. Answer to the for-

mer. Application of fome verfes of Ho-

race to the Duke of Marlborough's fune-

ral.

XXI. From the Bishop of Rochester in the

Tower.

XXII. The anfwer.

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XXIII. The

LESTER

XXIII. The author's laft letter to the Bishop of

Rochefter.

XXIV. From the Bishop of Rochester,

XXV. On the death of his daughter.

LETTERS to and from Mr. Gay, &c.

From 1712 to 1732,

LETTER

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I. The author's opinion of Mr. Gay's merit
and modefty.

II. His defire to do him fervice, and advice
as to the fudy of poetry.

III. Concerning painting; Mr. Gay's poem

of the Fan.

IV. To Mr. Gay on his return from Hanover

after the Queen's death. Advice about

politics.

V. After the death of the author's father,

and the fale of bis eftate. Mr. Gay's

poem to Mr. Lowndes, and his expecta-

tions at court.

VI. From Mr. Gay at Bath; on the remark-

able death of two lovers by lightning,

with their epitaph.

VII. To Mr. Gay at Bath; the commitment of

the Bishop of Rochester to the Tower.

VIII, Of

LETTER

VIII. Of disappointments from great men:

Friends commemorated.

IX. Affurances of remembrance in abfence.

X. XI. XII. To Mr. Gay in a dangerous

fickness.

XIII. On his recovery, and Mr. Congreve's

death.

XIV. To the bon. Mrs.

XV. Excufe for not writing. Of Mr. Fen-

ton's death.

XVI. A congratulation to Mr. Gay, on the

end of his expectations at court. The

innocence of a private life, and the

happiness of independency.

XVII, From Mr. Gay, in the country. Thoughts
of buying a farm, and about the Dun-

ciad,

XVIII. To Mr. Gay, in the country. Wishes to
Serve him,

XIX. Complaints of his abfence, and fome
envy at his fituation.

XX. The author more and more inclined to
retirement.

XXI. More of the fame. Concern for his
friend's abfence, affection to his perfon,
and wishes for his happiness.

LETTER

XXII. Defiring him to return to town and re-

fume the ftudy of Poetry. The ftate of

wit at that time.

XXIII. Of the fame Jubject. The death of

Wilks the player: Verses on the hermi-

tage at Richmond, &c.

XXIV. From Mr. Gay.

His ill State of

bealth. His opinion of writing pane-

gyric.

XXV. From Mr. Cleland to Mr. Gay.

XXVI. Mr. Pope to the Earl of Burlington.

XXVII. The author's bad health, complaints

of abfence, and fome advice to his

friend.

XXVIII. On the death of Mr. Gay, bis mo-

ther's illness, and other melancholy in-

cidents.

XXIX. To Hugh Bethel Efq. praife of buma-

nity and good-nature. The benefits of

equality in friendship.

XXX. To the fame. On the death of the Earl

of C.

XXXI. On his mother's recovery: The me-

lancholy offices of friends.

A pro-

Spect of the town upon the death of

the King.

XXXII. On

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