1. Mr Pope's answer to Dr Swift, offering him a fum of money to induce him to change his religion 11. To Dr Swift. Retired from court fome months before the Queen's death III. From Dr Swift at Dublin. How little he cares to think of England. Concern at the violence of party. Of the first volume of Mr Pope's tranflation of Homer. His circumftances in Ireland IV. Mr Pope's love and memory of Dr Swift. The calumnies VII. Dr Swift to Mr Gay 9 12 14 16 17 20 VIII. Mr Pope to Dr Swift, occafioned by the former. An account of his conduct and maxims in general 32 IX. From the L.Bolingbroke; a poftfcript to the foregoing letter: with fome account of his own fentiments and fituation in private life 34 37 42 42 X. Dr Swift's anfwer XI. From Mr Pope to Dr Swift. Aninvitation to England XII. From Dr Swift. Of Gulliver's Travels; and his feheme of mifanthropy. Concerning a lady at court. Character of Dr Arbuthnot XIII. To Dr Swift. Character of fome of his friends in England; with further invitations XIV. Dr Swift's anfwer. Death of Lord Oxford's fon. Something concerning Phs. More of his milanthropy XV. Expectations of Dr Swift's journey to England. Character of low enemies and detractors; with what temper they are to be borne. The amufements of his friends in England' Lord B.'s poft fcript on the fame occafion 44 46 49 XVI. From Dr Swift, preparing to leave England again 53 XVII. Anfwer from Mr Pope. The regret of his departure; remembrance of the fatisfaction paft; wishes for his welfareXVIII. Defires for his return, and fettlement in England. The various fchemes of his other friends, and his own XIX. From Mr Gay and Mr Pope. An account of the reception of Gulliver's Travels in England 54 55 57 XX. On the fame fubject from Mr Pope. Advice against partywriting 59 XXI. From Dr Swift. ney to England About Gulliver, and of a fecond jour 61 XXII. From the fame. Concerning party, and dependency; and of the project of a joint volume of mifcellanies Letter XXIII. The answer. On the fame fubjects XXIV. On Dr Swift's second departure for Ireland XXV. From Dr Swift. Hs realons for departing XXVI. From Dr Swift. His remembrance of Mr P.'s friend- XXXII. From the fame. His own and Mr Pope's temper XXXIV. From Dr Swift. Advice how to publish the Dunciad. XXXVI. From Dr Swift. His manner of living with a friend XXXVII. Dr Swift to Lord Bolingbroke. Exhortation to him to write hiftory. The Dean's temper, his prefent amuse- XXXVIII. From the fame, on the fame fubjects, and concern ing economy; his fentiments on the times, and his manner XXXIX. From the fame. His condition. The ftate of Ire- XLII. Dr Swift's aniwer. The misfortunes attending great XLIV. From Lord B. That the fenfe of friendship increases XLV. Of the ftyle of his letters, of his condition of life, his part friendships, diflike of party-fpirit, and thoughts of pen- XLVI. Of Mr Welley's differtations on Job Poft script by XLVIII. From the fame. The temper proper to men in years. An account of his own. The character of his lady.Poft- fcript by Mr P. on his mother, and the effects of the ten- XLIX. From the fame. Of his ftudies, particularly a meta- phyfical work. Of retirement and exercife. Poft fcript by Mr P. His wish that their ftudies were united in fome work useful to manners, and his diftafte of all party-wri- LIII. In the fame ftyle, to Mr Gay and the Duchefs LIV. A ftrange end of a law-fuit. His way of life, &c. Poft- LVI. More on the fame fubjects. A happy union against cor. ruption. Poftfcript to the Duke of Q. and to the Duchefs 127 LVII. Mr Gay to Dr Swift. His account of himself. His laft fables. His economy. Poftfcript by Mr Pope, of their common ailments, and economy; and against party- LVIII. From Dr Swift to Mr Gay. Congratulation on Mr Gay's leaving the court. Lord Coinbury's refusal of a pen- LIX. From the fame. Concerning the writing of fables. Ad- vice about economy, and provifion for old age; of inatten- tion, &c. Pofticript to the Duchefs LX. From the fame to Mr Gay, and a poftfcript to the Du- LXI. From the fame. Concerning the opening of letters at the poft-office. The encouragement given to bad writers. Reafons for his not living in England. Poftfcript to the Du- LXIII. From Mr Pope and Dr Arbuthnot to Dr Swift. On LXII. From Dr Swift to Mr Pope. An account of feveral little pieces or tracts published as his; which were, or were not genuine LXIV. From Dr Swift. On the fame fubject. Of Mr Pope's epiftles, and particularly that on the ufe of riches LXV. From Mr Pope on Mr Gay. His care of his memory LXVIII. Of the Dean's verses, called A libel on Dr D. The LXIX. From Dr Swift. On Mr Pope's death. Invitation to Dublin. His own fituation there, and temper LXX. Answer to the former. His temper of mind fince his LXXI. Concern for his abfence. Of a libel against him. Re- flections on the behaviour of a worthless man LXXII. Melancholy circumstances of the feparation of friends. Impertinence of falfe pretenders to their friendship. Pu- blishers of flight papers. Of the effay on man, and of the LXXIII. From Dr Swift. The answer. Of his own amufe- ments, the effay on man, and Lord B.'s writings LXXIV. Of the pleasures of his converfation. Of Dr Ar- tings. Of Mr Pope's letters. Character of Dr Rundle, Bi- LXXVII. Concerning the Earl of Peterborow, and his death at Lisbon. Charities of Dr Swift LXXVIII. From Dr Swift. Of writing letters. Several of the ancients writ them to publish. Of his own letters. The care he shall take of Mr Pope's, to prevent their being print- LXXIX. From Dr Swift. On the death of friends. What LXXX. From the fame. His kindness for Mr P. and his LXXXI. Mr Pope to Dr Swift. His plan for the fecond book of ethic epiftles; of the extent and limits of human reafon and fcience; and what retarded the execution of it.--Of Lord B's wiitings. New invitations to England LXXXII. From Dr Swift. His refolution to preserve Mr LXXXIII. What fort of letters he now writes, and the con- traction of his correspondence. Of the human failings of great geniuses, and the allowance to be made them. His high opinion of Lord Bolingbroke and Dr Swift as writers 182 LXXXIV. From Dr Swift. Of old age, and death of friends. LXXXV. Of the complaints of friends.-One of the beft comforts of old age.-Some of his letters copied in Ireland, and printed.-Of Lord Bolingbroke's retirement. Of fome new friends, and of what fort they are LXXXVI The prefent circumftances of his life and his |
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