THE

WORKS

OF

ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ.

WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

HIMSELF AND OTHERS.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

A NEW LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AN ESTIMATE OF HIS

POETICAL CHARACTER AND WRITINGS,

AND OCCASIONAL REMARKS,

BY

WILLIAM ROSCOE, ESQ.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. VIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; T. CADELL; LONGMAN, HURST, REES,

ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN ; J. CUTHELL; J. NUNN; J. AND W. T. CLARKE ;
JEFFERY AND SON ; J. AND A. ARCH; R. H. EVANS ; JOHN RICHARDSON; J.
M. RICHARDSON ; J. MAWMAN; R. SCHOLEY ; J. BOOKER; J. BOHN ; S. BAGSTER;
J. BOOTH; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; HARDING, LEPARD, AND TRIPHOOK;
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EDINBURGH.

CONTENTS

OF

THE EIGHTH VOLUME.

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Preface to the first genuine edition of the Corres-

pondence of Pope, in quarto, 1737

xix

Catalogue of the Surreptitious and incorrect Editions

of Pope's Letters

Xxvii

LETTERS TO AND FROM SIR WILLIAM TRUMBULL,

FROM 1705 to 1716.

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Letter

I. From Sir William Trumbull. On occasion of

Milton's Juvenilia, encouraging the author

to publish his

II. From Sir William Trumbull. On the advan-

tage of the author's society and correspon-

dence

III. From Sir William Trumbull. Of his first

translations of Homer

IV. From Sir William Trumbull. On the Rape

of the Lock, and advising the author to

leave town

V. On the flattery of authors, and the true sources

of happiness

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