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.

CONTENTS

OF

THE EIGHTH VOLUME.

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

LETTERS TO AND FROM EDWARD BLOUNT, ESQ.

LETTER

From 1714 to 1725.

Page

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

3

6

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

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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8

10

12

15

19

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

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

sell his estate

LETTER

Page

XIII. Of his manner of life in the country, and of the Au-

thor's near the town

29

XIV. A description of a grotto

31

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

family

35

LETTERS TO AND FROM THE HONOURABLE

ROBERT DIGBY.

From 1717 to 1724.

1. After a fit of sickness. Of the tragedy of Gorboduc.
The Author's progress in translating Homer's
Iliad

II. Excuse for writing carelessly: The humour of the

III. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former

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

situation at Twickenham, Planting. The death

of a friend.

48

49

50

VIII. From Mr. Digby. On the same subject

IX. + From the Same

52

53

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X. Character of Dr. Arbuthnot and his brother. Death

of a friend

XI. Character of the Digby Family

55

XII. Lord Bathurst's Wood; the camp in Hyde-Park;

the Bishop of Rochester's conversation

XIII. A Winter-invitation to a fire-side

XIV. From Mr. Digby. A Letter of friendship: The
disadvantages of an ill constitution. Consola-
tion in friends of integrity. Their manner of
-life in the country preferred to that in the town

XVII. On the season of Christmas: Customs of hospita-

lity: Charity and good works, where they are

XVIII. To the Hon. Edward Digby, on his brother's death 70

LETTERS TO AND FROM DR. ATTERBURY,

LETTER

BISHOP OF ROCHESTER.

From 1716 to 1723.

I. From the Bishop of Rochester. Concerning Mr.
Pope's general Preface to his Works

Page

73

74

76

77

81

III. From the Bishop of Rochester. On occasion 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-sea

scheme

VII. From the Same. On a manuscript of Huetius, and

the Epitaph on Mr. Harcourt

- ibid.

On his ill health.

VIII. From the Lord Chancellor Harcourt, on the epitaph

of his son

IX. From the Bishop of Rochester.

Waller's verses on sickness. Mr. Prior's funeral 91

X. From the Same. His love of the country. A pas-

sage in Tully. Of Shakspeare, and the publica-

tion of Mr. Addison's works

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94

XI. To the Bishop of Rochester

97

XII. From the Bishop. On a character drawn by the

Author

ibid.

XIII. To the Bishop in the country: Wishes for his quiet 99

XIV. From the Bishop of Rochester, his desire of quiet,

XV. An invitation to Twickenham: The vanity and

100

101

103

XVI. From the Bishop of Rochester. An answer to the
former. His dislike of great men: Preparation
for his burial-place in Westminster-Abbey

XVII. From the Same, on the same subject. The state of

his mind, and the world's mistake of his character 106

XVIII. From the Same. More concerning men of quality.
Of Milton's manuscript, and Agonistes

XIX. The Duke of Marlborough's funeral. The Author's

resolution to keep clear of flattery