GARTH. P. 319. 1. 21. add, Pope afterwards declared himself convinced that Garth died in the communion of the Church of Rome, having been privately reconciled. It is obferved by Lowth, that there is lefs diftance than is thought between fcepticism and popery, and that a mind wearied with perpetual doubt, willingly feek's repofe in the bosom of an infallible church. ROWE. P. 325. 1. 8. r. wholly to elegant literature. ADDISON. P. 351. l. 16. r. friendship was afterwards too weak. P. 353. 1. 1. r. In 1697 appeared his Latin verfes on &c. Ib. 1. 18. r. we had many books. P. 365. 1. 1. r. adjusted, like Casa, &c. by propriety &c. Ib. 1. 16. r. are now partly known. P. 377. 1. 23. r. Steele did not know by any direct testi mony. P. 378. 1. ult. add, laid hold on no attention, has naturally &c. P. 379. 1. 3. r. in which is employed. Ib. 1. 15. r. fuperiority of his power's. P. 401. 1. 4. add, Öne fight lineament of his character Swift has preferved. It was his practice, when he found any man invincibly wrong, to flatter his opinions by acquiefcence, and fink him yet deeper in abfurdity. This artifice of mifchief was admired by Stella, and Swift feems to approve her admiration. P. 409. l. 13. r. In the poem now examined. P. 441. P. 441. 1. 3. r. the criticifm would perhaps have been admired, and the poem still &c. Ib. 1. 24. 7. by obfcuring its appearances and weakening its effects. P. 444. 1. 7. r. It was apparently his &c. HUGH E S. P. 455. l. 1. r. too grave a poet for me. ib. ult. add, In Spence's collections Pope is made to speak of him with still lefs refpect, as having no claim to poetical reputation but from his tragedy. SHEFFIELD. P. 459. 1. 15. r. as thofe years, &c. were spent by him, &c. P. 469. I. 14. r. after the first appearance of the Effay. VOLUME III. PRIOR. P. 7. 1. 12. r. was too diligent to miss. P. 9. 1. 4. r. and none ever denied, &c. P. 13. l. 1. r. brought with him the abbé Gualtier, and M. Mefnager, a minifter from France, invested with full powers. P. 22. 1. ult. r. in Hiberniâ. CONGREVE. P. 50. 1. 24. r. of very powerful and fertile faculties. BLACKMORE. P. 73. 1. 17. r. at the university; and which he seems to have paffed with very little attention to the bufinefs of the place; for in his poems the ancient names of M m 2 nations P. 94. VOL. III nations or places, which he often introduces, are prenounced by chance. P. 102. 1. 6. add, his works may be read a long time without the occurrence of a fingle line that ftands prominent from the rest. FENTON, P. 118. 1. ult. add, Whatever I have faid of Fenton is conbrmed by Pope in a Letter, by which he communicated to Brome an account of his death. TO The Rev. Mr. BROOME At PULHAM, near HARLESTONE NOR By BECCLES Bag. Dr SIR. I intended to write to you on this melancholy fubject, the death of Mr. Fenton, before y came; but stay'd to have informd myself and you of y circumftances of it. All I hear is, that he felt a Gradual Decay, tho fo early in Life, and was declining for 5 or 6 months. It was not, as I apprehended, the Gout in his Stomach, but I believe rather a Complication firft of Grofs Humours, as he was naturally corpulent, not difcharging themfelves, as he ufed no fort of Exercife. No man better bore yc approaches of his Diffolution (as I am told) or with lefs often. tation yielded up his Being. The great Modefty wch you know was natural to him, and y great contempt he had for all forts of Vanity and Parade, never appeared more than in his last moments: He had a confcious Satisfaction (no (no doubt) in acting right, in feeling himself honest, true, & un-pretending to more than his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with that fecret, yet fufficient, Contentment. As to any Papers left behind him, I dare fay they can be but few; for this reafon, He never wrote out of Vanity, or thought much of the applaufe of Men, I know an inftance where he did his utmost to Conceal his own merit that way; and if we join to this his natural Love of Eafe, I fancy we must expect little of this fort: at least I hear of none except fome few remarks on Waller (wch his cautious integrity made him leave an order to be given to Mr. Tonfon) and perhaps, tho tis many years fince I faw it, a Tranflation of ye firft Book of Oppian. He had begun a Tragedy of Dion, but made small progrefs in it. As to his other Affairs, he died poor, but honeft, leaving no Debts, or Legacies; except of a few p to Mr. Trumbull and my Lady, in token of refpect, Gratefulness, & mutual Efteem. I fhall with pleasure take upon me to draw this amiable, quiet, deferving, unpretending, Chriftian and Philofophical character, in His Epitaph. There Truth may be fpoken in a few words: as for Flourish, & Oratory, & Poetry, I leave them to younger and more lively Writers, fuch as love writing for writing fake, & w rather show their own Fine Parts, yn Report the valuable ones of any other man. So the Elegy I renounce. I condole with you from my heart, on the lofs of so worthy a man, and a Friend to us both. Now he is gone, I must tell you he has done you many a good office, & fet your character in ye faireft light, to fome who either miftook you, or knew you not. I doubt not he has done the fame for me. Adieu Adieu Let us love his Memory, and profit by his example. I am very fincerely DR SIR Your affectionate & real Servant A. POPE. Ang 29th 1730. GAY. P. 126. l. 16. r. may naturally imply, P. 137. 1. 13. r. Allegorical Profopopoeias, Ib. 1. 23. r. an abftracted Allegory, P. 138. ult. add, The story of the Apparition is borrowed from one of the Tales of Poggio. YAL DE N. P. 166. 1. r. fplendid set. P. 168. l. 10. r. though the rhymes. TICKEL L. P. 175. 1. 6. r. "There had been a coldnefs," faid Mr. Pope. SOMERVILE. P. 191. 1. 6. 7. his houfe, where he was born in 1692, is called Edfton, a feat inherited from a long line of ancestors, for he was faid to be of the first family in his county. He tells of himself, that he was born near the Avon's banks. He was bred at Winchester-school, and was elected fellow of New-college. It does not appear that in the places of his education he exhibited any uncommon proofs of genius or literature. His powers were firft difplayed in the country, where he was |