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Correspondence between Warburton and Middleton Letters
to Dr. Birch and to Bishop Sherlock - Observations on Jortin's
'Remarks on Spenser'
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CHAPTER IX.

DEFENCE OF POPE AGAINST CROUSAZ.

Warburton determines to defend Pope's Essay on Man' against
the Strictures of Crousaz - Crousaz's Works and Qualifications—
Johnson's praise of Crousaz-Crousaz's Charges against Pope's
'EssayWarburton's professed refutation of them — Optimism
-Warburton's sneers at Crousaz, and Epithets which he bestows
upon him- Blunders in the French Translation of Pope's Essay—
Hurd's remark on Warburton's Criticism - Pope pleased with the
Defence Letter from Pope to Warburton - Republication of the
Defence; submitted to Pope for Revision - Remarks on Pope's
Essay on Man' .

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CHAPTER X.

ROMAINE. HARE.

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Romaine's Sermon

Warburton's Disagreement with Romaine
Letter from Romaine to Warburton — Romaine's pretended Ob-
jections of Clergymen, in reality a transcript from his Sermon-
Warburton writes to the Works of the Learned' - Romaine
replies in the General Evening Post' His Disingenuousness
Warburton's abuse of him- New Edition of the First Volume
of 'The Divine Legation' — Remarks on the 'Demoniacs' in
the New Testament - Hare continues to commend - Warburton
pursues his Studies- His Illness and Recovery-Death of Bishop
Hare-Warburton's Character of him
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Warburton introduced to Pope - Pope's expressions of Gratitude
to him- Warburton stays a Week with Pope at Twickenham

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Letter from Pope to Warburton

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Pope's desire to have

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the Essay on Man' translated into Latin His wish to settle
Warburton nearer London - Solicits Lord Chesterfield to procure

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CONTENTS.

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him a Living - Second Volume of 'The Divine Legation' pre-

pared Correspondence with Dr. Doddridge Warburton's

Change of Opinion with regard to the 'Works of the Learned' —

His desultory Mode of Writing - Plagiarism of Coventry, the

Author of Philemon to Hydaspes'. His intercourse with War-

burton Second Volume of The Divine Legation' published,

and reviewed in the Works of the Learned' by Doddridge -

Abstract of the Contents of the Volume

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CHAPTER XII.

VISIT TO OXFORD. ALLEN. PUBLICATIONS.

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Warburton again visits Pope at Twickenham Their Excursion

to Oxford Proposal to confer Doctors' Degrees on them, and

disappointment-Consequent allusions to Oxford in the 'Dunciad'

-Pope invites Warburton, on Allen's permission, to Prior Park

Notice of Ralph Allen Praises of him by Hurd, Warburton,

Fielding Slight Illness of Warburton at Prior Park - Suggests

to Pope the Fourth Book of the Dunciad ' Writes Notes on

Pope's Ethic Epistles'. Third Edition of the First Volume of

"The Divine Legation'-Arrangements with Booksellers-Letter

from Hon. Charles Yorke on 'The Divine Legation'-Dissertation

on the Origin of Books of Chivalry' for Jarvis's Don Quixote'

Another Visit to Allen with Pope - Letter to Richardson. 200

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'Brief Examination of Mr. Warburton's Divine Legation' by the

Free-Thinkers Extracts from the Work Pagan Theology –

Origin of Idolatry-Tillard's 'Future Rewards and Punishments

Believed by the Philosophers'-Warburton's 'Remarks' on the

Book and its Author Warburton's 'Advertisement' - Letter to

Birch about Tillard - Pope continues his endeavours to bring

Warburton nearer to London - Effects a Meeting between War-

burton and Bolingbroke― Result of it -Warburton's Relatives-

New Edition of the 'Dunciad' by Warburton - Bentley; feelings

of Pope and Warburton towards him - Warburton's supposition

that Bentley had borrowed from Vizzanius Hare's Opinion-

Bentley in the 'Dunciad' - Cibber's 'Another Occasional Letter

to Pope'-Warburton corrects Pope's Essay on Homer- Pope

dies, and leaves the Property of his Works to Warburton . . 213

THE LIFE

OF

WILLIAM WARBURTON, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER

FROM 1760 TO 1779:

WITH REMARKS ON HIS WORKS.

BY THE

REV. JOHN SELBY WATSON, M.A., M.R.S.L.

AUTHOR OF

'THE LIFE OF RICHARD PORSON,' 'THE LIFE OF GEORGE FOX,' ETC.

Αὐτὰρ ὁ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπεπωλεῖτο στίχας ἀνδρῶν,
Εγχεί τ', ἄορί τε, μεγάλοισί τε χερμαδίοισι.

Ном.

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