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XII. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. Serious effects produced by the

study of Homer

XIII. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. Written in illness ; new plan
of criticism; Gay's Fan

XIV. Mr. Pope to Mr. Congreve. On his own temper; his
feelings on the publication of Homer

XV. The same to the same. On Gay's What-d'ye-call-it; on
Sir Richard Steele's political conduct .

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XVI. Mr. Gay and Mr. Pope to Mr. Congreve. Character of
Mr. Titcomb; Pope's Homer; Key to the What-dye-
call-it; Pope lives like a rake

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XVII. Mr. Pope and Mr. Gay to Dr. Parnelle. The life of

Zoilus; new publications; proposal to meet at Bath 30

XVIII. Mr. Jervas, Dr. Arbuthnot, and Mr. Pope to Dr. Parnelle.

Jervas's pictures; Parnelle's translations; Gay's Trivia;

Battle of the Frogs and Mice

XIX. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Anxiety for the fate of his great

political friends; criticism on Pope's Homer; account

of his household .

XX. Dr. Parnelle to Mr. Pope. Life of Zoilus; Tickell's

Homer, mistakes in it

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XXI. Dr. Berkley to Mr. Pope. Opinions on Pope's Homer.
XXII. Mr. Gay to Mr. Pope. The same subject
XXIII. Dr. Arbuthnot to Mr. Pope. On Tickell's Homer
XXIV. Mr. Gay to Mr. Pope. The Three Hours after Marriage
damned on the representation

XXV. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift.

A scandalous imitation of one of

the Psalms of David imputed to him; Churches of

Rome and of England

XXVI. Mr. Pope to Dr. Parnelle. Complains of his silence; in-

vitation to accompany Dr. Swift to England

XXVII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Mr. Pope's politics; his enemies;

poisoning of Edmund Curll; Quaker verses;

XXVIII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Parnelle. Remembrance of him; life
of Zoilus; intends to publish his own poems
XXIX. Dean Berkley to Mr. Pope, from Naples. Description of
the island Inarime; Salvini reading Pope's Homer
XXX. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. The death of his father. Com-
plains of Gay's silence

XXXI. Mr. Gay to Mr. Fortescue. Account of the Death of
John Hewet and Sarah Drew by lightning, at Stanton-
Harcourt. (The same circumstance is related by Pope
to Miss Blount, and also to Lady Mary Wortley Mon-
tagu, nearly in the same terms.) .

XXXII. Mr. Pope to Mr. Fenton. On Mr. Fenton's engaging to

reside with Mr. Craggs

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XXXIII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Long letter containing Dr. Swift's
political creed, in which he maintains his attachment to

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Whig principles, and defends his conduct to the Whigs

when his Tory friends were in power

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(This letter Pope said he never received, nor did he

believe it was ever sent.)

XXXIV. Mr. Pope to Dr. Berkley.
XXXV. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay.
anxiety for his mother

XXXVI. The same to the same.
XXXVII. The same to the same.
XXXVIII. The same to the same.

Invitation to Twickenham

On Gay's illness, and his own

On the same subject
On the same subject

On great men; and on Gay's

intended visit to Tunbridge

XXXIX. The same to the same. Unfavourable state of his

health; his attachment to Gay, Arbuthnot, and

Congreve

XL. The same to the same. Remembrance to Mr. Con-
greve; Gay's corpulency; Atterbury in the Tower.
XLI. Mr. Gay to Dr. Swift. Attachment to Swift; disap-
pointed in favours from the great

XLII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Gay. Course of his life in Ireland ;

inquiries after his friend's reason why poets have such

ill success in making their court; advises Gay to get

a place under Government in Ireland

XLIII. Mr. Pope and Lord Bolingbroke to Dr. Swift. Remarks
on their mutual friends; results of Pope's experience;
his present state of mind; Bolingbroke's contrast of
his life with Pope's ; picture of himself

XLIV. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His unwillingness to write
letters; notions of friendship; his way of living
XLV. Dr. Arbuthnot to Dr. Swift. General commendation of
Swift; proposed cure for his vertigo; the spa; his
own complaints, and frame of mind

XLVI. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Notice of Dr. Stopford;
Gulliver's Travels; invitation to England; Mrs.
Howard; sickness of Dr. Arbuthnot

XLVII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His employment; professions
of misanthropy thanks Pope for the Odyssey; his
concern for Dr. Arbuthnot; Gay and Philips
XLVIII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Their old friends; recovery
of Dr. Arbuthnot; Gay, and his trust in Mrs.
Howard, improved mind of Lord Bolingbroke; in-
tended refutation of Rochefoucault's maxims; intima-
tion of the Dunciad.

XLIX. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His contempt of the world;
disclaims the imputation of misanthropy; approves

of Rochefoucault

L. Mr. Pope and Lord Bolingbroke to Dr. Swift. Pope's

resolution to pass by scribblers in silence; his enemies

and friends; Bolingbroke's character of Seneca ;

definition of man

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LI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Concern for Pope's ill health;

prepares for his journey to England

LII. Mr. Congreve to Mr. Pope. An excuse for not waiting

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On his departure to Ireland;

LVIII. The same to the same. Conference with Sir R. Walpole
as to Swift's residence in England; none of their friends
qualified for retirement; his indifference to politics
LIX. Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot. His melancholy occupations;
malicious reports respecting an innocent person (prob-
ably Martha Blount)

LX. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Injury to his hand; congratula-
tions on Gulliver's Travels; affected ignorance as to
the author; deprecates politics

LXI. Mr. Gay to Dr. Swift. Criticisms on Gulliver's Travels;
Swift expected again in England.

LXII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Gulliver's Travels; journey to
England; deprivation of a parson

LXIII. The same to the same. Accident to Mr. Pope's hand;
their independence; Swift's verses and riddles
LXIV. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Mr. Stopford; printing of the
Miscellany; commendatory verses on Gulliver; his
health better

LXV. The same to the same. Affectionate Letter on Swift's
abrupt departure from Twickenham

LXVI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Reasons for returning to Dublin
LXVII. Mr. Gay and Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Imaginary account
of his journey back to Dublin; Gay's rejection of the
place of Gentleman- Usher; the Dunciad

LXVIII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His recollections of his visit; his
property; invites Pope to Dublin; Mrs. Pope

LXIX. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. Congratulates him on escaping
from court.

LXX. Dr. Swift to Mr. Gay.

Approves his refusal of the ap-
pointment; his knowledge of courts; hints as to the
Beggar's Opera; an old decayed poet has no resource;
Pope's Dulness

LXXI. Lord Bolingbroke and Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. The

Dunciad proceeds; Lord Bolingbroke's receipt for

health; great success of the Beggar's Opera; Pope's

ill health

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LXXII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. A real Jonathan Gulliver;

Gay's opera acted near forty days; account of Pope's

situation and constitution; his design in writing the

Dunciad

LXXIII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Curious coincidence in the
name of Lemuel Gulliver; Gay's opera acted in Dub-
lin; Swift's society; inducements to Pope to visit

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and Dr. Swift, a triumvirate. Disavows merit as a

patriot; exalts the virtues of Pope; his vexations ;

Mrs. M. Blount a good letter-writer; the Dunciad

takes wind in Ireland; the necessity of temperance

LXXV. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. The triumvirate commented

Lord Bolingbroke devoted to agriculture;

printing of the Dunciad; Swift to write notes for

it.

on ;

LXXVI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Irish edition of the Dunciad ;
Swift's opinion of the poem; his character of Gay;
Lord Bolingbroke's mode of living after his exile

LXXVII. Mr. Gay to Mr. Pope. The race of Curlls mul-

tiplied in the abuse of Pope; compliments on the

Dunciad

LXXVIII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Of his health, and of phy-

sicians; his content at their names being joined; in-

scription to the Dunciad; how much that poem Swift's;

wishes to live together

LXXIX. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Account of Sir Arthur and

Lady Acheson; the death of Mr. Congreve; descrip-

tion of a truly happy man; Gay's second opera for-

bid.

LXXX. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. Congratulates him on his reco-

very; his own solitary life; laments Mr. Congreve's

death; reflection on his birth-day

LXXXI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His giddiness and deafness;

presses Pope to visit Ireland; declines accompanying

Lady Bolingbroke abroad; commiserates Gay's infir-

mities; his familiar verses; he keeps humble company;

his displeasure with Mrs. Howard

LXXXII. Mr. Gay to Dr. Swift. His recovery from severe ill-

ness; friendship of the Duke and Duchess of Queens-

berry; the Duchess forbid the Court for defending

his play; the Duke gives up his employment; con-

tributions of his friends; prints his play; the people

take his part

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LXXXIII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Gay. Compliments the Duchess of
Queensberry; recommends economy to Mr. Gay

LXXXIV. Dr. Swift to Lord Bolingbroke. He grows more

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angry every year; his fear of death less;

writes bad verses; remarks on politics; inquires

after Pope's ethic poems; fears to die in Ireland

in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole

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LXXXV. Dr. Arbuthnot to Dr. Swift. Gay owes his life to
Arbuthnot's care; commotions on account of
Gay's play; his popularity; the king declares.
Mr. Pope a very honest man

LXXXVI. Dr. Swift to Lord Bolingbroke and Mr. Pope. On

Lord Bolingbroke's affairs; enjoins economy;

complains of perfidiousness, upon a change in

public affairs; his disappointments in life; Con-

greve's verses to Lord Cobham blamed; his ideas

of fame; of a great library; his endeavours to

distinguish himself

LXXXVII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His own disorders; state

of Ireland; condoles with him on Mrs. Pope's

health; wishes him in Ireland; Pope's and Gay's

circumstances

LXXXVIII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Requests his opinion of

the Dunciad; his sympathy with his friend; decay

of Mrs. Pope; his own circumstances, and Gay's;

defends Mrs. Howard

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LXXXIX. Lord Bolingbroke to Dr. Swift. Reflections on his

own life; state of his feelings; his power of

adapting himself to circumstances; of the desire

of fame; rebukes his friend for building

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XC. Dr. Swift to Lord Bolingbroke. On their respective
ages; Lord Bolingbroke, not Lord Oxford, his
hero; compares himself with Lord Boling-
broke ; recommends
economy; explains his

notions of fame.

XCI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Acknowledges receipt of
Dunciad; relinquishes building; poverty of Ire-
land; decline of Mrs. Pope; compliment to
Pope's liberality

XCII. Lord Bolingbroke to Dr. Swift. Of the force of

friendship; it increases as we advance in age;

on œconomics; designs to collect and revise his

papers; Pope's Essay on Man; a fine and origi-

nal work; Pope superior to all writers in his

way, not excepting Horace

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XCIII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Of his own correspond-

ence; their affairs; the Dunciad, 8th edition,

and the Drapier's letters; perceptible decay of

his mother; printing of his correspondence with

Wycherley; his independence of party, and re-

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