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.

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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
Gay's being appointed secretary to the Duchess of
Monmouth

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
of the Rape of the Lock; invites him to visit Italy.
VII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Speculations on Swift's retirement
into the country; Scriblerus; Homer

VIII. Mr. Gay to Dr. Swift. Acknowledgment on his appointment
as Secretary to Hanover, and particulars respecting the
embassy

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
London to Binfield to assist him in his Homer,

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