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Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)4
Arbuthnot, John1
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Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)1
Bethell, Hugh (1689-1747)1
Broome, William (1689-1745)1
Gay, John1
Gay, John (1685-1732)1
Lyttelton, George (1709-1773)1
Correspondence of George Lyttelton with Alexander Pope
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Correspondence of George Lyttelton with Alexander Pope

Lyttelton, George (1709-1773)

1736-1741

The letters are dated between 4 December 1736 and 7 November 1741, and were written from London, Bath, and Stowe

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Letter from Alexander Pope to William Broome

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1715

Pope writes that he is sending the first volume of his version of Homer, with the Greek commentary of Eustathius to Broome to translate. In a postscript Pope adds that he has read Duport's "Gnomologi...

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Letter from Alexander Pope to Hugh Bethell

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1744

Pope, writing shortly before his death, refers to his failing health, saying that his own doctors disagree with Bethell's Yorkshire doctor Thompson. He adds that he has had and read "the Bishop's book...

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Dean Swift's literary correspondence, for twenty-four years, from 1714 to 1738

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)

1741

At foot of title: "Price 4s. sewed, 5s. bound." Device on t.p. Drop-head title p. [229]: A philosophico-critical history of the deluge. Includes letters from Gay, Pope, Atterbury and Arbuthnot. ...

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