The Works of Alexander Pope

XLV. Dr. Arbuthnot to Dr. Swift. General com-
mendation 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 employments;

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; intended

refutation of Rochefoucault's maxims;

intimation of the Dunciad

XLIX. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His contempt of the

world; disclaims the imputation of mis-

anthropy; approves of Rochefoucault 139

L. Mr. Pope and Lord Bolingbroke to Dr.

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LI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Concern for Pope's

ill health; Prepares for his journey to Eng-

land

LII. Mr. Congreve to Mr. Pope. An excuse for

146

LIV. The same to the same. Their friendship; his
health, and that of Mr. Gay; time to give

Mr. Curll another emetic

LV. Dr. Young to Mr. Pope. Request of a pro-

148

149

150

LVI. Lord Bolingbroke to the Three Yahoos of

Twickenham. A jocular note

LVII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. On his departure to

R. Walpole as to Swift's residence in Eng-

land; none of their friends qualified for re-

tirement; his indifference to politics

LIX. Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot. His melancholy

occupations; malicious reports respecting

innocent person (probably Martha

an

LX. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Injury to his hand;

congratulations on Gulliver's Travels; af-

fected ignorance as to the author; depre-

cates politics

LXI. Mr. Gay to Dr. Swift. Criticisms on Gulli-

ver's Travels; Swift expected again in Eng-

land

LXII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Gulliver's Travels;

journey to England; deprivation of a par-

LXIII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. 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. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Affectionate Letter

on Swift's abrupt departure from Twicken-

ham

LXVI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Reasons for return-
ing to Dublin

LXVII. Mr. Gay and Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Ima-
ginary account of his journey back to Dub-
lin; Gay's rejection of the place of Gen-
tleman-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.

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fusal of the appointment; 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

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

Gulliver; Gay's opera acted near forty

days; account of Pope's situation and con-

stitution; his design in writing the Dun-

LXXIII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Curious co-inci-

dence in the name of Lemuel Gulliver;

Gay's opera acted in Dublin; Swift's so-

ciety; inducements to Pope to visit Ireland 196

LXXIV. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Lord Boling-
broke, Mr. Pope, and Dr. Swift, a tri-
umvirate. Disavows merit as a patriot;

198

exalts the virtues of Pope; his vexa-
tions; Mrs. M. Blount a good letter-
writer; the Dunciad takes wind in Ire-
land; the necessity of temperance

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

commented on; Lord Bolingbroke de-

voted to agriculture; printing of the

Dunciad; Swift to write notes for it 201

LXXVI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. Irish edition of

the Dunciad; Swift's opinion of the

poem; his character of Gay; Lord Bo-

lingbroke's mode of living after his exile 203

The race of

LXXVII. Mr. Gay to Mr. Pope.

Curlls multiplied in the abuse of Pope;

compliments on the Dunciad

LXXVIII. Mr. Pope to Dr. Swift. Of his health,

and of physicians; his content at their

names being joined; inscription to the

Dunciad; how much that poem Swift's;

wishes to live together

205

207

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

Arthur and Lady Acheson; the death

of Mr. Congreve; description of a truly

happy man; Gay's second opera forbid 209

LXXX. Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. Congratulates

him on his recovery; his own solitary

life; laments Mr. Congreve's death; re-

flection on his birth-day

212

Letter

LXXXI. Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. His giddiness

and deafness; presses Pope to visit Ire-

land; declines accompanying Lady Bo-

lingbroke abroad; commiserates Gay's

infirmities; his familiar verses; he keeps

humble company; his displeasure with

Mrs. Howard

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214

LXXXII. Mr. Gay to Dr. Swift. His recovery from

severe illness; friendship of the Duke

and Duchess of Queensberry; the

Duchess forbid the court for defend-

ing his play; the Duke gives up his em-

ployment; contributions of his friends;

prints his play; the people take his part 219

LXXXIII. Dr. Swift to Mr. Gay. Compliments

the Duchess of Queensberry; recom-

mends economy to Mr. Gay

LXXXIV. Dr. Swift to Lord Bolingbroke. He

223

grows more angry every year; his fear

of death less; writes bad verses; re-

marks on politics; inquires after Pope's

ethic poems; fears to die in Ireland

in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole 225

LXXXV. Dr. Arbuthnot to Dr. Swift. Gay owes

his life to Arbuthnot's care; commo-

tions on account of Gay's play; his po-

pularity; 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 perfi-

diousness, upon a change in public af-

fairs; his disappointments in life; Con-

greve's verses to Lord Cobham blamed;

228

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