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  *Warburton, 287.
  his letter to Warburton, 289.
  supposed to have been made a tool of by Bolingbroke, to spread his opinions, 290.
  endeavours to get his Essay on Man translated into Latin, 291.
  lives among the great, ibid.
  a report prevailed of queen Caroline paying him a visit, which did not take place, ibid. writes an epistle on the Use of Riches, 1733, 292.
  publishes the Man of Ross, ibid.
  publishes his Characters of Men, 1734, ibid.
  publishes his Characters of Women, 294.
  dutchess of Marlborough, celebrated in that poem, under the character of Atossa, 295.
  published imitations of several poems of Horace, ibid.
  such imitations first practised by Oldham and Rochester, ibid.
  publishes some of Dr. Donne's Satires, ibid.
  at open war with lord Hervey, 296.
  publishes his last Satires, 297.
  never wrote on politicks, ibid.
  first volume of the Memoirs of Scriblerus published by him, in conjunction with Swift and Arbuthnot, 298.
  published two volumes of Latin poems, written by Italians, 299.
  planned a poem, subsequent to his Essay on Man, but never completed it, ibid.
  publishes another book of the Dunciad, 300.
  is at variance with Cibber, ibid.
  celebrates both Cibber and Osborne in the Dunciad, 302.
  account of his latter end, 305.
  died May 30, 1744, and buried at Twickenham, ibid.
  a monument erected to his memory, by the bishop of Gloucester, ibid.
  offended lord Bolingbroke by having printed one thousand five hundred of the Patriot King more than lord Bolingbroke knew of, and not discovered until the death of Pope, 306.
  account of a difference between Pope and Mr. Allen, 307.
  his person described, 308.
  his dress, 309.
  his method of living and conversation, ibid.
  the frugality of his domestick character, 312.
  proud of his money, and the greatest fault of his friends, poverty, 313.
  fond of enumerating the great men of his acquaintance, ibid.
  his social virtues, 314.
  his letters appear premeditated and artificial, 315.
  many of the topicks of his letters contrary to truth, ibid.
  namely, contempt of his own poetry, ibid.
  insensibility to censure and criticism, ibid.
  disesteem of kings, ibid.
  contempt of the world, ibid.
  scorn of the great, ibid.
  his own importance, ibid.
  learned his pretended discontent from Swift, 317.
  sometimes wanton in his attacks, and mean in his retreat, 318.
  his virtues, liberality, and fidelity of friendship, ibid.
  paid Savage twenty pounds a year, ibid.
  the report of a defamatory Life of Swift being found in his papers, on inquiry appears groundless, ibid.
  lived and died in the religion of Rome, 319.
  never lost his belief of revelation, ibid.
  in his early life a literary curiosity, and afterwards studied the living world, ibid.
  entertained a desire for travelling, but did not gratify it, 320.
  his intellectual character, good sense, ibid.
  his genius, ibid.
  his great memory, ibid.
  made poetry the business of his life, 321.
  never wrote on popular or temporary occasions, 322.
  never published his works under two years, ibid.
  compared with Dryden, ibid.
  his great care in polishing his works, 323.
  frequently corrected his works after publication, ibid.
  his prose works characterized, 324.
  his pastorals considered, 325.
  Windsor Forest, ibid.
  Temple of Fame, ibid.
  the Messiah, 326.
  the verses on an unfortunate lady, ibid.
  ode for St. Cecilia's day, 327.
  ignorant of the principles, and insensible to the effects of musick, 329.
  his Essay on Criticism, ibid.
  the Rape of the Lock, 332.
  Eloise to Abelard, 334.
  the Iliad, ibid.
  observations on the notes to the Iliad, 337.
  the Odyssey, 338.
  the notes to the Odyssey written by Broome, ibid.
  the Dunciad, ibid.
  the design of that poem, ibid.
  his Essay on Man, 339.
  his characters of Men and Women, 341.
  his lesser poems considered, ibid.
  the question, whether Pope was a poet? considered, 345.
  copy of his letter to Mr. Bridges, ibid.
  criticisms on Pope's epitaphs, 347.
  that on Charles, earl of Dorset, 348.
  on sir William Trumbull, 350.
  on the hon. sir Simon Harcourt, 351.
  on James Craggs, 352.
  epitaph intended for Mr. Rowe, 353.
  intended for Mrs. Corbet, 354.
  epitaph on the hon. Robert Digby and his sister, 355.
  on sir Godfrey Kneller, 356.
  on general Henry Withers, 357.
  on Elijah Fenton, 358.
  on Mr. Gay, ibid.
  epitaph intended for sir Isaac Newton, 360.
  epitaph on Edmund, duke of Buckingham, 361.
  writes part of the prologue to Sophonisba, 370.
  the malevolence between him and Philips, 391.
  remarks on his versification, iii. 437.
  fate of the manuscripts he left to lord Bolingbroke, iv. 341.
  account of his edition of Shakespeare, v. 136.