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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
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 for the recipient to translate. He adds that he has read Duport's "Gnomologia Homerica"...
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 doctor(s?) disagree with the recipient's Yorkshire doctor Thompson. He adds that he has had and read "the Bish...
Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
c.1703-1704
Verse prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort, translated from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9, by Alexander Pope; together with bifolium lett...
Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit, attributed to Alexander Pope.
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
c.1710
Comprises an English satirical/moralising poem written on both sides of one leaf, together with two other leaves written in a second hand listing the contents of the collection of which this particula...
Elegia Popi in memoriam virginis infelicis in latinum versum reddita
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
1731
Also known as:Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady Comprises a translation into Latin hexameters of Pope's 'Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady', dated 1731; the original poem was publis...