and pay the produce thereof, half-yearly, to the said Mrs. Martha Blount, during her natural life: and, after her decease, I give the sum of one thousand pounds to Mrs. Magdalen Racket, and her sons Robert, Henry, and John, to be divided equally among them, or to the survivors or survivor of them; and after the decease of the said Mrs. Martha Blount, I give the sum of two hundred pounds to the abovesaid Gilbert West: two hundred to Mr. George Arbuthnot; two hundred to his sister, Mrs. Anne Arbuthnot; and one hundred to my servant, John Searle, to which soever of these shall be then living: And all the residue and remainder to be considered as undisposed of, and go to my next of kin. This is my last will and testament, written with my own hand, and sealed with my seal, this twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-three. Signed, sealed, and declared by the testator, as his last will and testa ment, in presence of us, RADNOR. STEPHEN HALES, Minister of Teddington. ALEX. POPE. JOSEPH SPENCE, Professor of History in the University of Oxford. INDEX TO THE LIFE. A. ADDISON, Joseph, acquaintance with Swift, 44. A member of the Kit- Anne (Queen), her death, 98. Lines from it preserved, ib. Arbuthnot (Dr.) a member of the October Club, 46. Writes to Swift 337. Atterbury, Dr., Bishop of Rochester, attempts to convert Pope to the Ayres, celebrated as a friend of Pope, 193. Banister, Mr. Pope's first tutor, 9. B. Bathurst, Allen, Lord, 46. 188. 384. 387. 391. Pope addresses to him Bellenden, two Misses, celebrated as friends of Pope, 188. Bembo, Cardinal, 54. Berkley, Dean, writes to Pope on the publication of his Iliad, 124. Bethel, his character, 242. Pope addresses to him his Second Satire 434. Bickford, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 192. Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Lord, a member of the October Club, 46. Boulter, Archbishop, patronises Ambrose Philips, 83. Blackstone, Sir William, his observations on the quarrel between Pope and Blount, Edward, Esq., invites Pope to emigrate with him, 146. Celebrated Martha and Teresa, their first acquaintance with Pope, 85. Martha, Epistle from Pope to her, 85. Letter to her on the Broome, Rev. Mr., a coadjutor of Pope in the Iliad, 106. In the Browne, Sir George, the Sir Plume of the Rape of the Lock, 58. Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, commends Pope's Iliad, 183. Burlington, Lord, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 189. Pope ad- Burnet, Thomas, abuses Pope, 261. C. Caldwell, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 193. Carlton, Lord, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 190. Caroline (Queen), satirized by Pope, 381. Caryl, Mr., requests Pope to write the Rape of the Lock, 59. Celebrated Centlivre, Mrs., abuses Pope, 261. Chandos, Duke of, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 190. Said to Praised by him, ib. Chesterfield, Lord, his anecdote respecting Atterbury, 213. A friend of Cibber, Colley, engages Pope in a ridiculous adventure, 149. Publishes a Clarke, Dr., of Oxford, interview between him and Pope, 154. Cobham, Lord, Pope addresses to him his Epistle on the Ruling Passion, 391. Congreve, Mr., a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46. Celebrated by Gay as 327. Cooke, Thomas, abuses Pope, 261. Cowper, Lord, satirized by Swift, 45. Craggs, Right Hon. James, corresponds with Pope, 51. Interests himself Cromwell, Henry, corresponds with Pope, 31. Account of him, 35. Con- Curll, Edmund, pirates Pope and Swift's works, 252. Publishes the D. Darteneuf, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 191. Criticises his Essay on Criticism, ib. Criticises the Rape of the Lock, 61. Receives a letter from Pope, Devonshire, Duke of, a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46. Digby, Hon. Robert, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 192. His Disney, Colonel, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 186. Dodsley, Robert, committed to custody by the House of Lords, 384. Doncastles, Messrs., celebrated by Gay as friends of Pope, 192. Ducket, abuses Pope, 261. E. Eckershall, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 192. Essex, Lord, countenances Dodsley when committed by the House of Evans, Dr., celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 192. F. Fenton, Elijah, a coadjutor of Pope in translating Homer, 222. Celebrated Fortescue, Hon. W., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 192. Pope inscribes Fox, Mr., attacks Pope in the House of Commons, 391. Frederick, Prince of Wales, presents Pope with urns or vases for his G. Garth, Sir Samuel, distinguished as a writer, 48. Approves of the addi- Gay, John, account of him, 77. Writes his What d'ye call it, and Three George I. (King), his death, 249. II. (King), the Dunciad presented to him by Sir Robert Walpole, Gildon abuses Pope, 261. Godolphin, Lord, his character, 43. Grafton, Duke of, a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46. Granville, Lord, an early friend of Pope, 38. H. Countenances Dodsley Halifax, Lord, his patriotism, 43. Takes the part of Pope against Philips, Hamilton, Count Anthony, translates the Essay on Criticism into French, Hamilton, family of, celebrated by Gay as friends of Pope, 188. Hanmer, Sir Thomas, celebrated as a friend of Pope, 190. Harcourt, Lord, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 189. Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, a member of the October Club, 46. His Haywood, Mrs., abuses Pope, 261. Committed to the Tower, ib. Cele- Hervey, Lord, attacks Pope, 6. Satirizes him in an Epistle to Dr. Sher- 187. Celebrated as a friend of Pope, Hill, Aaron, account of, 276. Quarrel and correspondence between him Howard, Hon. Mrs., account of, 234. Hurd, Bishop, his observations on the quarrel between Pope and Addison, I. Jervas, Mr., gives Pope instructions in painting, 83. Endeavours to reconcile Pope and Addison, 111. Visits Ireland, and allows Pope to Jortin, Dr., assists Pope in his notes on the Iliad, 106. K. Kennet, Bishop, extract from his Diary, 93. Kingston, Earl of, a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46. Kit-Kat club founded, 45. Kneller, Sir Godfrey, paints the portraits of the members of the Kit-Kat Kyrle, Mr. John, the Man of Ross, account of, 382. |