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CONTENTS

OF

THE SEVENTH VOLUME.

LETTERS OF MR. POPE AND SEVERAL

OF HIS FRIENDS.

LETTERS to and from Dr. ATTERBURY,

Bishop of ROCHESTER.

LETTER

From 1716 to 1723.

Page

I. FROM the Bishop of Rochester. Concern-

cerning Mr. Pope's general Preface to his

Works

II. From the Same

III. From the Bishop of Rochester.

On occasion

of the death of Mr. Pope's father

IV. The Answer

V. On the fate of the South-Sea

VI. From the Bishop of Rochester. Of Mr. Dry-

den's monument: The Arabian Tales:

The South-Sea scheme

VII. From the same. On a manuscript of Huetius,
and the epitaph on Mr. Harcourt

VIII. From the Lord Chancellor Harcourt.

the epitaph on his son

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LETTER

IX. From the Bishop of Rochester.

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On his

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ill health. Waller's verses on sickness.
Mr. Prior's funeral

X. From the Same. His love of the country.
A passage in Tully. Of Shakespeare, and
the publication of Mr.Addison's works

XI. To the Bishop of Rochester

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XII. From the Bishop. On a character drawn by

the Author

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XIII. To the Bishop in the country Wishes for

XIV. From the Bishop of Rochester. His desire of

quiet, and love of books

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An answer

XV. An invitation to Twickenham: The vanity
and emptiness of the world

XVI. From the Bishop of Rochester.

to the former. His dislike of great men :

Preparation for his burial-place in West-

minster-abbey

XVII. From the Same, on the same subject. The
state of his mind, and the world's mistake
of his character

XVIII. From the Same. More concerning men of
Of Milton's manuscript, and

Quality.

Agonistes

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XIX. The Duke of Marlborough's funeral. The

Author's resolution to keep clear of flat-

XX. From the Bishop. Answer to the former.

Application of some verses of Horace to

the Duke of Marlborough's funeral

XXI. From the Bishop of Rochester in the Tower

XXII. The answer

XXIII. The Author's last Letter to the Bishop of

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II. His desire to do him service, and advice as to
the study of poetry

III. Concerning Painting; Mr. Gay's poem of

the Fan

IV. To Mr. Gay, on his return from Hanover

after the Queen's death. Advice about

politics

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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

VI. From Mr. Gay to Mr. F. on the remarkable
death of two lovers by lightning, with their
epitaph

VII. To Mr. Gay at Bath; the commitment of the
Bishop of Rochester to the Tower

VIII. Of disappointments from great men: Friends

IX. Assurances of remembrance in absence

X. To Mr. Gay in a dangerous sickness

XI. To the Same

XII. To the Same

XII. On his recovery, and Mr. Congreve's death

XIV. To the Hon. Mrs..

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XV. Excuse for not writing. Of Mr. Fenton's

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