WORKS

OF

ALEXANDER POPE;

WITH

NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

JOSEPH WARTON, D.D.

AND OTHERS.

A NEW EDITION,

COMPLETE IN NINE VOLUMES.

VOLUME VIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. F. DOVE, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE;

FOR RICHARD PRIESTLEY, HIGH HOLBORN.

MDCCCXXII.

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[The Articles marked thus † were not inserted in Dr. WARBURTON's Edition.]

LETTERS TO AND FROM EDWARD BLOUNT, ESQ.

LETTER

From 1714 to 1725.

I. Of the Geography of Homer, a map done by the

Author. The state of the times: The siege of Bar-

celona, the Queen's death, the condition of the

English Roman Catholics: Wishes for the peace

of the nation

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II. From Mr. Blount. Answer to the former. His tem-
per in religion and politics

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III. From Mr. Blount. His disposition to quiet; reflec.

tions 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 reli-
gion, and the great duty of charity

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VI. Consolations under persecution: The duty of mutual

assistance: Universal Charity. The Author leaving

Windsor Forest

VII. From Mr. Blount

VIII. After the affair of Preston. The Author's removal,

change of life, and resignation to it

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IX. To Mr. Blount, after his retirement into Flanders.

On the History of Jeffery of Monmouth, etc.

X. On the death of the Author's father

XI. To Mr. Blount

XII. On Mr. Blount's recovery from an illness: Advice to

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