The Works of Alexander Pope

LX. From the same to Mr. Gay, and a Postscript to the
Duchess, on various subjects

191

LXI. From the same concerning the opening of letters

at the post-office. The encouragement given

to bad writers. Reasons for his not living in

England. Postscript to the Duchess; her cha-

racter; raillery on the subject of Mr. Gay himself 196

LXII. From Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. An account of se-
veral little pieces or tracts published as his;
which were or were not genuine

LXIII. From Mr. Pope and Dr. Arbuthnot to Dr. Swift:
On the sudden death of Mr. Gay

LXIV. From Dr. Swift. On the same subject. Of Mr.
Pope's Epistles, and particularly that on the use
of riches

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204

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LXV. From Mr. Pope, on Mr. Gay: his care of his me-
mory and writings: concerning the Dean's and
his own; and of several other things
LXVI. More of Mr. Gay, his papers, and epitaph. Of the
fate of his own writings, and the purpose of
them. Invitation of the Dean to England

LXVII. From Dr. Swift. Of the paper called The Life and
Character of Dr. Swift. Of Mr. Gay, and the
care of his papers. Of a libel against Mr. Pope.
Of the edition of the Dean's works in Ireland,
how printed

LXVIII. Of the Dean's verses, called A Libel on Dr. D. the

spurious character of him: Lord Bol.'s writings:

The indolence of great men in years

LXIX. From Dr. Swift.

On Mrs. Pope's death. In-

vitation to Dublin. His own situation there,

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LXXI. Concern for his absence. Of a libel against him.

Reflections on the behaviour of a worthless man 227

LXXII. Melancholy circumstances of the separation of

friends. Impertinence of false pretenders

to their friendship. Publishers of slight pa-

pers. Of the Essay on Man, and of the col-

lection of the Dean's works.--Postscript

by Lord Bolingbroke, concerning his meta-

physical works

LXXIII. From Dr. Swift. The answer.

Of his own

amusements, the Essay on Man, and Lord

B.'s writings

LXXIV. Of the pleasures of his conversation: Of Dr.Ar-

buthnot's decay of health: Of the nature of

moral and philosophical writings

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233

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LXXV. From Dr. Swift. On the death of friends

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LXXVI. From the same. On the offence taken at their

writings. Of Mr. Pope's Letters. Charac-

ter of Dr. Rundle, Bishop of Derry

LXXVII. Concerning the Earl of Peterborow, and his

death at Lisbon. Charities of Dr. Swift

LXXVIII. From Dr. Swift. Of writing letters: Several

of the ancients writ them to publish. Of his

own letters. The care he shall take of Mr.

Pope's, to prevent their being printed

LXXIX. From Dr. Swift. On the death of friends. What

the general corruption

LXXX. From the same. His kindness of Mr. P. and his

LXXXI. Mr. P. to Dr. Swift. His plan for the second book

of Ethic Epistles, of the extent and limits of

human reason and science; and what retard-

ed the execution of it.Of Lord B.'s writ-

ings. New invitations to England

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LXXXII. From Dr. Swift. His resolution to preserve Mr.

Pope's Letters, and leave them to his dispo-

sal after his death. His desire to be men-

tioned in the Ethic Epistles. Of the loss of

friends, and decays of age

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LXXXIII. What sort of letters he now writes, and the con-

traction of his correspondence. Of the hu-

man failings of great geniuses, and the allow-

ance to be made them. His high opinion of

Lord Bolingbroke and Dr. Swift as writers 255

LXXXIV. From Dr. Swift. Of old age, and death of

friends. More of the Ethic Epistles

LXXXV. Of the complaints of friends.

copied in Ireland, and printed.—of Lord

Bolingbroke's retirement. Of some new

friends, and of what sort they are

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LXXXVI. The present circumstance of his life and his com-

panions. Wishes that the last part of their

days might be passed together

LXXXVII. From Dr. Swift. Reasons that obstruct his com-

ing to England. Desires to be remembered

in Mr. Pope's Epistles. Many of Mr. Pope's

Letters to him lost, and by what means

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266

LXXXVIII. From Dr. Swift. Mention again of the chasm

in the Letters. Objections in Ireland to

some passages in Mr. Pope's Letters publish-

ed in England. The Dean's own opinion of

them
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LXXXIX. From Dr. Swift. Of his declining state of health.
His opinion of Mr. P.'s Dialogue, entitled,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-eight.
The entire collection of his and Mr. Pope's '

LETTER

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Letters, for twenty years and upwards, found,

and in the hands of a lady, a worthy and ju-

dicious relation of the Dean's.-This is a mis-

take; not in hers, but in some other safe hands 272

XC.+A very
curious Letter of Dr. Swift to Sir Wil-

XCI.+Letter of Dr. Swift on Mr. Long's death

XCII.+Mr. Pope to Mr. Allen, concerning Swift's

publication of his Letters

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LETTERS TO BROOK TAYLOR, ESQ.
I.+From Lord Bolingbroke, concerning a MS. of the
History of the Cæsars by Eunapius, at Venice

II.+From the same. Observations on a new explana-

tion of Daniel's prophecy; and enquiry into the

causes and origin of moral evil, &c.

III.+From the same, acknowledging the receipt of some
books on chronology and ancient history, with his
opinion thereon

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+Inscriptions in the Gardens of the CHATEAU de la

SOURCE near Orleans, written by Lord Boling-

broke during his exile

LETTERS TO RALPH ALLEN, ESQ.

I. Of the use of pictures and sculpture, both for civil

and religious purposes

289

11. Of a new edition of his letters, and the use of them 291

III. Of the cultivation of his own gardens

IV. Reflections on a false report concerning his own

VI. Concerning an object of their common charity

VII. His solicitude for his friends

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VIII. An account of his ill state of health in his last illness 300

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VI. His expectation of seeing him in town
VII. His opinion of the Divine Legation; and his desire
to have the ESSAY ON MAN thought as favourable
to the interests of religion as of virtue
VIII. His project of procuring a prose translation of his Es-
say into Latin, and his approbation of a specimen
sent to him of it

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