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Contents of the Eighth Volume.

LETTERS to and from EDWARD BLOUNT Esq.

LETTER

I.

OF

From 1714 to 1725.

P. E

F the geography of Homer, a map done by the
author. The State of the times: the fiege of

Barcelona, the Queen's death, the condition of

the English Roman-Catholics: Wishes for the

peace of the nation.

II. From Mr. Blount. Anfwer to the former. His
temper in religion and politics.

III. From Mr. Blount.

His difpofition to quiet; re-

flections 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 re-

ligion, and the great duty of charity.

VI. Confolations under perfecution: The duty of mu-

tual affiftance: Univerfal Charity. The author

leaving Windfor-Foreft.

VII. From Mr. Blount.

VIII. After the affair of Preston. The author's re-
moval, change of life, and refignation to it.

VOL. VIII.

IX. Te

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IX. To Mr. Blount, after his retirement into Flan-

ders.

&c.

On the hiftory of Jeffery of Monmouth,

X. On the death of the author's father.

XI. To Mr. Blount.

XII. On Mr. Blount's recovery from an illness: Ad-
vice to fell bis eflate.

XIII. Of his manner of life in the country, and of
the author's near the town.

XIV. A defcription of a grotto.

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

LETTER S to and from the Honourable

ROBERT DIG BY.

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From 1717 to 1724.

P. 30

I. After a fit of fickness. Of the Tragedy of Gor-
boduc. The author's progrefs in tranflating Ho-
mer's Iliad.

II. Excufe for writing carelessly: The humour of the

town.

III. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former.

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

Jituation at Twickenham, Planting, The death of

a friend.

V. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former.

VI. From Mr. Digby. On the South-fea-year.

VII. Answer to the former.

VIII. IX. From Mr. Digby. On the same subject.

X. Character of Dr. Arbuthnot and his brother.

Death of a friend.

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XI. Cha-

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XI. Character of the Digby-Family.

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

XIII. A Winter-invitation to a fire-fide.

Con-

XIV. From Mr. Digby. A Letter of friendship:

The difadvantages of an ill conftitution.

folation in friends of integrity. Their manner

of life in the country preferred to that in the

XVII. On the feafon of Christmas: Customs of hof-

pitality: Charity and good works, where they

are yet fubfifting.

XVIII. To the Hon. Edward Digby, on his brother's

death.

LETTERS to and from Dr. ATTERBURY

LETTER

Bishop of ROCHESTER.

From 1716 to 1723.

P. 58.

I. From the Bishop of Rochester, Concerning Mr.
Pope's general preface to his works.

II. From the fame,

III. From the Bishop of Rochefter. 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. Dry-
den's monument : The Arabian Tales: The
South-Sea fcheme.

VII. From the fame. On a manufcript of Huetius,
and the epitaph on Mr. Harcourt.

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VIII. From

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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 fune-
ral.

X. From the fame. His love of the country. A
paffage in Tully. Of Shakespear, and the pub-
lication of Mr. Addifon's works.

XI. To the Rihop of Rochester.

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 vanity and

emptiness of the world.

XVI. From the Bishop of Rochester. An answer to
the former. His diflike of great men: Prepara-
tion for his burial-place in Westminster-Abbey.
XVII. From the fame, on the fame fubject. The ftate

of his mind, and the world's mistake of his cha-

rafter.

XVIII. From the fame. More concerning men of qua-

lity. Of Milton's manufcript, and Agonistes.
XIX. The Duke of Marlborough's funeral. The au-
ther's refolution to keep clear of flattery.

XX. From the Bishop. Answer to the former. Ap-

plication of fome verfes of Horace to the Duke of

Marlborough's funeral.

XXI. From the Bishop of Rochester in the Tower.
XXII. The answer.

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

XXIV. From the Bishop of Rochester.

XXV. On the death of his daughter.

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