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Title: On Voiture the French witt
Author: Pope, Alexander
Attribution: Pope
Date(s): 1712 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Extract from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Miss Blount with the works
of Voiture", praising the French writer's unconventional wit, humour and
literary skill
Title: [unknown]
Author: Pope, Alexander
Attribution: Pope
Date(s): 1735
Manuscript: Lt 103
Contents: On how poetry should not make enemies of worthy men: extract from Pope's Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot here used as epigraph to verses by Frederick Howard, Lord Carlisle (BCMSV 6101)
Title: Pope's epitaph on Newton
Author: Pope, Alexander
Attribution: Pope
Date(s): 1730 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 7
Contents: Epigram, epitaph on Sir Isaac Newton
Title: Eloisa to Abelard
Author: Pope, Alexander
Attribution: Pope
Date(s): 1717
Manuscript: Lt 109
Contents: The story of the love affair of Eloisa and Abelard; preceded by a prose 'Argument' on f.62v
Title: Nemo Mortalium omnibus Horis sapit
Author: Pope, Alexander (?)
Attribution: Pope
Date(s): c.1710
Manuscript: Lt q 61
Contents: Moralising/satirical verse on human weakness in the face of avarice, revenge, hypocrisy and lust
Title: [unknown]
Author: Pope, Alexander
Attribution: Pope
Date(s): 1711 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 8
Contents: Two extracts from Alexander Pope's "Essay on criticism", on critics and
authors
Title: Epitaph on Mr Fenton
Author: Pope, Alexander
Attribution: Pope
Date(s): 1730 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Epitaph on the poet Elijah Fenton, buried in Easthamstead, Berkshire,
praising his quiet, honest life