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LETTER

XXVII. The author's bad health, complaints of ab-
fence, and fome advice to his friend.

XXVIII. On the death of Mr. Gay, his mother's ill-
nefs, and other melancholy incidents.

XXIX. To Hugh Bethel, Efq; praise of humanity
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 melancholy
offices of friends. A profpect of the town
upon the death of the King.

XXXII. On the publishing his Letters. The fituation
of the author, bis pleasures and his friend-

Ships.

XXXIII. To the Earl of Peterborow. His love of
gardening. Reflections on Titles. Dearth

of news.

XXXIV. From the Earl of Peterborow.

Stowe-

gardens: Temper of women: His love of
lazinefs, and the reafon.

XXXV. Answer to the former.

XXXVI. From the Earl of Peterborow. His diflike
of coming to town: The Charitable Corpo-
ration; more concerning women.

XXXVII. From the Earl of Peterborow frem his gar-

den: his idea of the Golden age, and un-
willingness to come to town.

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XXXVIII. From the fame. Defire to fee Dr. Swift.
Alteration in his paffions, and from whence.

XXXIX. From Dr. Swift to the Earl of Peterborow.

XL. A confultation about defigning a garden:

Various opinions, and fome general reflec-

tions.

XLI. To Mr. C

expoftulatory on the hard-

fhips done an unhappy lady, &c.

XLII. To Mr. Richardson.

XLIII. To the fame; after Mrs. Pope's death.

XLIV. To the fame.

XLV. To Mr. B. concerning the Essay on Man,

&c.

XLVI. Concern for the lofs of friends.

XLVII. From Dr. Arbuthnot in his last sickness.
His dying request to the author.

XLVIII. The answer.

The character of Katharine late Duchefs of Bucking

bamfhire and Normanby

P. 213.

A Letter to a Noble Lord on occafion of fome libels

written and propagated at Court, in the year 1732-3.

P. 221.

LETTERS

TO AND FROM

EDWARD BLOUNT, Efq.

From 1714 to 1725.

LETTER I.

Mr. POPE to EDWARD BLOUNT, Efq..

Aug. 27, 1714.

Hatever ftudies on the one hand, or amufe

WH

ments on the other, it shall be my fortune to fall into, I fhall be equally incapable of forgeting you in any of them. The task I undertook, though of weight enough in itself, has had a voluntary increase by the inlarging my defign of the Notes ; and the neceffity of confulting a number of Books has carried me to Oxford: but, I fear, thro' my Lord Harcourt's and Dr. Clarke's means, I fhall be more converfant with the pleasures and company of the place, than with the books and manufcripts of ite