The Works Of Alexander Pope Esq. : In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements; As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death. Being The Second of his Letters / Together With The Commentaries and Notes Of Mr. Warburton. London : Knapton [u.a.], 1751 : Volume VIII.(1751-). 1751
Content
- PDF Being The Third of his Letters
- PDF Containing His Juvenile Poems
- PDF Containing His Translations And Imitations
- PDF Containing His Satires &c.
- PDF Containing His Moral Essays
- PDF Containing The Dunciad In Four Books
- PDF Containing His Miscellaneous Pieces In Verse and Prose
- PDF Containing The First of his Letters
- PDF Being The Second of his Letters
- PDF Front cover
- PDF Endsheet
- PDF Title page
- PDF [I] Contents of the Eighth Volume.
- PDF X Errata
- PDF [1] Letters to and from Edward Blunt Esq. From 1714 to 1725.
- PDF [3] Letter I. Of the geography of Homer, a map done by the author. The State of the times: the siege of Barcelona, the Queen's death, the condition of the English Roman-Catholics: Wishes for the peace of the nation.
- PDF 7 II. From Mr. Blount. Answer to the former. His temper in religion and politics.
- PDF 9 III. From Mr. Blount. His disposition to quiet; reflections on the affair of Preston: An invitation into the country.
- PDF 11 IV. An account of the death of Mr. Wycherley.
- PDF 13 V. Contemplations on the pleasures of separate spirits, on the narrow conceptions of men, the vanity of human knowledge, the variety of opinions in religions, and the great duty of charity.
- PDF 17 VI. Consolations under persecution: The duty of mutual assistance: Universal Charity. The author leaving Windsor-Forest.
- PDF 21 Letter VII. From Mr. Blount.
- PDF 23 VIII. After the affair of Preston. The author's removal, change of life, and resignation to it.
- PDF 25 IX. To Mr. Blount, after his retirement into Flanders. On the history of Jeffery of Monmouth, &c.
- PDF 28 X. On the death of the author's father.
- PDF 29 XI. To Mr. Blount.
- PDF 31 XII. On Mr. Blount's recovery from an illness: Advice to sell his estate.
- PDF 33 XIII. Of his manner of life in the country, and of the author's near the town.
- PDF 36 XIV. A description of a grotto.
- PDF 38 XV. On the approach of winter, hospitality, and a cheerful family.
- PDF [42] Letters to and from the Honourable Robert Digby. From 1717 to 1724.
- PDF [42] Letter I. After a fit of sickness. Of the Tragedy of Gorboduc. The author's progress in translating Homer's Iliad.
- PDF 44 II. Excuse for writing carelessly: The humour of the town.
- PDF 47 III. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former.
- PDF 48 Letter IV. On the finishing his translation of the Iliad. His situation at Twickenham, Planting, The death of a friend.
- PDF 51 V. From Mr. Digby. Answer to the former.
- PDF 53 VI. From Mr. Digby. On the South-seayear.
- PDF 54 VII. Answer to the former.
- PDF 56 VIII. From Mr. Digby. On the same subject.
- PDF 57 IX. From Mr. Digby. On the same subject.
- PDF 59 X. Character of Dr. Arbuthnot and his brother. Death of a friend.
- PDF 61 XI. Character of the Digby-Family.
- PDF 62 XII. Lord Bathurst's Wood; the camp in Hyde-Park; the Bishop of Rochester's conversation.
- PDF 65 XIII. A Winter-invitation to a fire-side.
- PDF 67 XIV. From Mr. Digby. A Letter of friendship: The disadvantages of an ill constitution. Consolation in friends of integrity. Their manner of life in the country preferred to that in the town.
- PDF 70 XV. On the same subject.
- PDF 73 XVI.
- PDF 75 XVII. On the season of Christmas: Customs of hospitality: Charity and good works, where they are yet subsisting.
- PDF 77 XVIII. To the Hon. Edward Digby, on his brother's death.
- PDF [80] Letters to and from Dr. Atterbury Bishop of Rochester. From 1716 to 1723.
- PDF [80] Letter I. From the Bishop of Rochester, Concerning Mr. Pope's general preface to his works.
- PDF 82 II. From the same.
- PDF 83 III. From the Bishop of Rochester. On occasion of the death of Mr. Pope's father.
- PDF 85 IV. The answer.
- PDF 89 V. On the fate of the South-Sea.
- PDF 92 VI. From the Bishop of Rochester. Of Mr. Dryden's monument: The Arabian Tales: The South-Sea scheme.
- PDF 97 VII. From the same. On a manuscript of Huetius, and the epitaph on Mr. Harcourt.
- PDF 99 VIII. From the Lord Chancellor Harcourt, on the epitaph of his son.
- PDF 101 IX. From the Bishop of Rochester. On his ill health. Waller's verses on sickness. Mr. Prior's funeral.
- PDF 104 X. From the same. His love of the country. A passage in Tully. Of Shakespear, and the publication of Mr. Addison's works.
- PDF 107 XI. To the Bishop of Rochester.
- PDF 108 Letter XII. From the Bishop. On a character drawn by the author.
- PDF 109 XIII. To the Bishop in the country: Wishes for his quiet.
- PDF 111 XIV. From the Bishop of Rochester, his desire of quiet, and love of books.
- PDF 113 XV. An invitation to Twickenham: The vanity and emptiness of the world.
- PDF 115 XVI. From the Bishop of Rochester. An answer to the former. His dislike of great men: Preparation for his burial-place in Westminster-Abbey.
- PDF 117 XVII. From the same, on the same subject. The state of his mind, and the world's mistake of his character.
- PDF 120 XVIII. From the same. More concerning men of quality. Of Milton's manuscript, and Agonistes.
- PDF 121 XIX. The Duke of Marlborough's funeral. The author's resolution to keep clear of flattery.
- PDF 124 XX. From the Bishop. Answer to the former. Application of some verses of Horace to the Duke of Marlborough's funeral.
- PDF 126 XXI. From the Bishop of Rochester in the Tower.
- PDF 128 XXII. The answer.
- PDF 131 Letter XXIII. The author's last letter to the Bishop of Rochester.
- PDF 134 XXIV. From the Bishop of Rochester.
- PDF 138 XXV. On the death of his daughter.
- PDF [142] Letters to and from Mr. Gay, &c. From 1712 to 1732.
- PDF [142] Letter I. The author's opinion of Mr. Gay's merit modesty.
- PDF 144 II. His desire to do him service, and advice as to the study of poetry.
- PDF 145 III. Concerning painting; Mr. Gay's poem of the Fan.
- PDF 148 IV. To Mr. Gay on his return from Hanover after the Queen's death. Advice about politics.
- PDF 151 V. After the death of the author's father, and the sale of his estate. Mr. Gay's poem to Mr. Lowndes, and his expectations at court.
- PDF 153 VI. From Mr. Gay at Bath; on the remarkable death of two lovers by lightning, with their epitaph.
- PDF 157 VII. To Mr. Gay at Bath; the commitment of the Bishop of Rochester to the Tower.
- PDF 158 Letter VIII. Of disappointments from great men: Friends commemorated.
- PDF 160 IX. Assurances of remembrance in absence.
- PDF 162 X. To Mr. Gay in a dangerous sickness.
- PDF 163 XI. To Mr. Gay in a dangerous sickness.
- PDF 164 XII. To Mr. Gay in a dangerous sickness.
- PDF 166 XIII. On his recovery, and Mr. Congreve's death.
- PDF 167 XIV. To the Hon. Mrs. ---
- PDF 169 XV. Excuse for not writing. Of Mr. Fenton's death.
- PDF 170 XVI. A congratulation to Mr. Gay, on the end of his expectations at court. The innocence of a private life, and the happiness of independency.
- PDF 172 XVII. From Mr. Gay, in the country. Thoughts of buying a farm, and about the Dunciad.
- PDF 174 XVIII. To Mr. Gay, in the country. Wishes to serve him.
- PDF 176 XIX. Complaints of his absence, and some envy at his situation.
- PDF 178 XX. The author more and more inclined to retirement.
- PDF 180 XXI. More of the same. Concern for his friend's absence, affection to his person, and wishes for his happiness.
- PDF 182 Letter XXII. Desiring him to return to town and resume the study of Poetry. The state of wit at that time.
- PDF 185 XXIII. On the same subject. The death of Wilks the player: Verses on the hermitage at Richmond, &c.
- PDF 187 XXIV. From Mr. Gay. His ill state of health. His opinion of writing panegyric.
- PDF 189 XXV. From Mr. Cleland to Mr. Gay.
- PDF 194 XXVI. Mr. Pope to the Earl of Burlington.
- PDF 196 XXVII. The author's bad health, complaints of of absence, and some advice to this friend.
- PDF 199 XXVIII. On the death of Mr. Gay, his mother's illness, and other melancholy incidents.
- PDF 201 XXIX. To Hugh Bethel Esq. praise of humanity and good-nature. The benefits of equality in friendship.
- PDF 203 XXX. To the same. On the death of the Earl of C. ----
- PDF 206 XXXI. On his mother's recovery: The melancholy offices of friends. A prospect of the town upon the death of the King.
- PDF 208 Letter XXXII. On the publishing his Letters. The situation of the author, his pleasures and his friendships.
- PDF 210 XXXIII. To the Earl of Peterborow. His love of gardening. Reflections on Titles. Dearth of news.
- PDF 213 XXXIV. From the Earl of Peterborow Stowe-gardens: Temper of women: His love of laziness, and the reason.
- PDF 215 XXXV. Answer to the former.
- PDF 218 XXXVI. From the Earl of Peterborow. His dislike of coming to town: The Charitable Corporation; more concerning women.
- PDF 219 XXXVII. From the Earl of Peterborow from his garden: his idea of the Golden Age, and unwillingness to come to town.
- PDF 221 XXXVIII. From the same. Desire to see Dr. Swift. Alteration in his passions, and from whence.
- PDF 223 XXXIX. From Dr. Swift to the Earl of Peterborow.
- PDF 225 XL. A consultation about designing a garden: Various opinions, and some general reflections.
- PDF 228 XLI. To Mr. C --- expostulatory on the hardships done an unhappy lady, &c.
- PDF 231 Letter XLII. To Mr. Richardson.
- PDF 232 XLIII. To the same; after Mrs. Pope's death.
- PDF 234 XLIV. To the same.
- PDF 235 XLV. To Mr. B. concerning the Essay on Man, &c.
- PDF 237 XLVI. Concern for the loss of friends.
- PDF 239 XLVII. From Dr. Arbuthnot in his last sickness. His dying request to the author.
- PDF 241 XLVIII. The answer.
- PDF 246 The character of Katharine late Duchess of Buckinghamshire and Norbandy.
- PDF Endsheet
- PDF Back cover
- PDF Spine