THE

WORKS

OF

ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ.

VOL. IV.

WORKS

OR

ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ.

WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

HIMSELF AND OTHERS.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

A NEW LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AN ESTIMATE OF HIS

POETICAL CHARACTER AND WRITINGS,

AND OCCASIONAL REMARKS,

BY

WILLIAM ROSCOE, ESQ.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; T. CADELL; LONGMAN, HURST, REES,

ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN; J. CUTHELL; J. NUNN; J. AND W. T. CLARKE :
JEFFERY AND SON; J. AND A. ARCH; R. H. EVANS; JOHN RICHARDSON; J.
M. RICHARDSON; J. MAWMAN; R. SCHOLEY; J. BOOKER ; J. BOHN; S. BAGSTER;
J. BOOTH ; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; HARDING, LEPARD, AND TRIPHOOK;
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1824.

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The Dunciad, in four books

1

A letter to the publisher, occasioned by the first

correct edition of the Dunciad

17

Martinus Scriblerus, his Prolegomena and illustra-

tions to the Dunciad, with the hyper-critics of

Aristarchus

29

Testimonies of Authors

33

Martinus Scriblerus, of the poem.

64

Richardus Aristarchus, of the Hero of the poem 72

Book I.

93

Book JI.

147

Book III.

. 209

Book IV.

. 261

Declaration by the Author

345

APPENDIX.

I. Preface to the five first imperfect editions of the

Dunciad

349

II. A list of books, papers, and verses, in which our