THE WORKS OF 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. NEW EDITION, IN EIGHT VOLUMES. VOL. VIII. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, AND CO.; J. M. RICHARDSON; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; ALLEN CONTENTS OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME. LETTERS BETWEEN MR. POPE, DR. SWIFT, MR. CONGREVE, MR. GAY, DR. BERKLEY, LORD BOLINGBROKE, DR. PARNELLE, DR. ARBUTHNOT, AND OTHERS. FROM 1712 TO 1740. LETTER I. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. Inquiring after him, and desiring his correspondence II. The same to the same. On the real wants of life; and on III. Mr. Rowe to Mr. Pope. An invitation to dinner IV. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. On his proficiency in painting, and on Gay's poem of the Fan Proposes to change his religion, and V. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. explains upon what terms VI. Dean Berkley to Mr. Pope, from Leghorn. Commendation VIII. Mr. Gay to Dr. Swift. Acknowledgment on his appointment IX. Dr. Arbuthnot to Mr. Pope. On the change in administration after the queen's death; progress of Scriblerus; character of Swift X. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. Welcome from Hanover; invites him to Bath to meet Dr. Parnelle XI. Mr. Pope to Dr. Parnelle. Entreating him to return from PAGE 3 45 6 7 11 14 16 18 19 21 |