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LETTER

Efay on Man, and of the collection
of the Dean's works.-Poftfcript by
Lord Bolingbroke, concerning his
metaphyfical work.

LXXII. From Dr. Swift. The answer. Of
his own amufements, the Efay on
Man, and Lord B.'s writings.

LXXIII. Of the pleafures of his conversation:
Of Dr. Arbuthnot's decay of health:
Of the nature of moral and philofo-
phical writings.

LXXIV. From Dr. Swift. On the death of
friends.

LXXV. From the fame. On the offence taken
at their writings. Of Mr. Pope's

Letters. Character of Dr. Rundle,
Bishop of Derry.

LXXVI. Concerning the Earl of Peterborow,
and his death at Lifbon. Charities
of Dr. Swift.

LXXVII. From Dr. Swift. Of writing letters: Several of the ancients writ them to publifh. Of his own letters. The care he shall take of Mr. Pope's, to prevent their being printed.

LXXVIII. From Dr. Swift. On the death of

friends. What fort of popularity he

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LXXX. Mr. P. 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 writings. New invitations to England.

LXXXI. From Dr. Swift. His Refolution to preferve Mr. Pope's letters, and leave them to his difpofal after his death. His defire to be mentioned in the Ethic Epiftles. Of the lofs of friends, and decays of age.

LXXXII. What fort of letters he now writes, and the contraction of his correfpondence. Of the human failings of great genius's, and the allowance to be made them. His high opinion of Lord Bolingbroke and Dr. Swift

as writers.

LXXXIII. From Dr. Swift. death of friends. Epifles,

Of old

age, and

More of the Ethic

LXXXIV.

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LXXXIV. Of the complaints of friends.One of the best comforts of old age. Some of his letters copied in Ireland, and printed.

Of

Lord Bolingbroke's retirement. Of Some new friends, and of what fort they are.

LXXXV. The prefent circumstances of his life and his companions. Wishes

that the last part of their days might be passed together.

LXXXVI. From Dr. Swift. Reasons that ob

struct his coming to England. Defires to be remembered in Mr. Pope's Epifles. Many of Mr. Pope's letters to him loft, and by what means.

LXXXVII. From Dr. Swift. Mention again of the chafm in the letters. Objections in Ireland to fome paffages in Mr. Pope's letters published in England. The Dean's own opinion of them.

LXXXVIII. From Dr. Swift. Of his declin

ing ftate of health. His opinion of

Mr. P.'s Dialogue, intitled, One
Thousand Seven Hundred and
Thirty Eight. The entire collec-

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tion of bis and Mr. Pope's letters, for twenty years and upwards, found, and in the hands of a lady, a worthy and judicious relation of the Dean's. This a mistake; not in hers, but in fome other fafe hands.

LETTERS to RALPH ALLEN Efq; LXXXIX. Of the ufe of picture and sculpture, both for civil and religious pur

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P. 310 XC. Of a new edition of his letters, and the use of them

312

XCI. Of the cultivation of bis own gar

dens

315

XCII. Reflexions on a false report concerning his own death

XCIII. On the Queen's death

317

318

XCIV. Concerning an object of their common

charity.

XCV. His folicitude for his friends

319

320

XCVI. An account of his ill ftate of health in

bis laft illness

322

LETTERS to Mr. WAR BURTON.

XCVII. His acceptance of the Commentary

on the ESSAY ON MAN

324

XCVIII. On

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CII. His expectation of feeing him in town 332 CIII. His opinion of the Divine Legation; and his defire to have the ESSAY ON MAN thought as favourable to the interefts of religion as of virtue 333 CIV. His project of procuring a prose tranflation of his Efay into Latin, and his approbation of a Specimen fent to him of

it

335

CV. His chagrine on fomebody's having printed a new volume of his Letters in Ire

337

land CVI. His fatisfaction in the profpect of meeting his friend in town

339

CVII. Acquainting him with his obligations to

a noble Lord

340

CVIII. An account of his project for adding a

fourth book to the DUNCIAD

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CXI. Relating to the projected edition of his

works

348

CXII. On the fame, and the fourth book of

the DUNCIAD

349

CXIII. On

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