period when it was given, and the amount. To the enumeration of Thomson's works, a poem on the death of Congreve, not before known, is here added; and for the first time attention has been directed to a printed poem by Parnell, which Pope properly suffered to expire, but which no biographer will, if he does his duty, omit hereafter to mention. With no desire to make any parade of these discoveries, of which the list might be yet more enlarged, have they thus been referred to, but simply with the hope of establishing a claim to the merit of careful and conscientious diligence, exercised always, I am sure, honestly and reverentially. It is impossible to add to the popularity of Johnson's great work-but one may add to its usefulness, and this I think is here done.

I cannot, however, quit a labour of love without a concluding paragraph. Few men now alive are so competent to understand the merits of Johnson's labours, or the difficulties any editor of his best work must seek to surmount, as the author of the Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith:' to him therefore, having brought this labour of love to an end, I desire to dedicate it, and place together, in remembrance of two and twenty years of uninterrupted friendship and esteem, the names of MR. JOHN FORSTER and

Kensington, November 29, 1854.

PETER CUNNINGHAM.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

ALEXANDER POPE.-1688-1744.

Born in London - Both Parents Roman Catholics Educated by Priests

Early distinguished as a Poet

Lives at Binfield in Berkshire

Sees Dryden

Trumbull, &c. Writes his 'Pastorals'

Becomes acquainted with Wycherley, Walsh, Sir W.

Publishes his Pastorals' in

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Dennis

Tonson's Miscellany Publishes An Essay on Criticism'

attacks the Essay Publishes 'The Rape of the Lock' in Lintot's

Miscellany - His intimacy with Addison Publishes Windsor Forest'

Commences a Translation of the 'Iliad'. History of the Subscription

Collects his Poems — ‘Eloisa

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for the Iliad'

to Abelard' 'Verses on an Unfortunate Lady'

tion of the 'Odyssey' - Fenton and Broome

to Cromwell

Bathos

- Lord Halifax and Pope

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Curll Edits Shakespeare Theobald's Attack

History of The Dunciad'. Writes his 'Moral Epistles and

'Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot' - The Essay on Man' Bolingbroke and

Warburton Quarrels with Lord Hervey and Lady Mary Montagu His

Imitations of Horace Collects a Second Volume of his Poems Publi-

cation of his Letters by Curll Writes his two Dialogues, 1758'.

Quarrels with Cibber Writes a Fourth Book of The Dunciad'

Theobald dethroned Death and Burial at Twickenham Personal

Character-Works and Character - Dryden and Pope compared — Criti-

cism on his Epitaphs

Born in Dublin of English Parents Educated at Dublin and Oxford

Enters the service of Sir William Temple Becomes acquainted with

Stella Is introduced to William III. - Is left Sir William Temple's

Literary Executor His unpromising appearance as a Poet - Dryden's

Criticism on his Odes Publishes The Tale of a Tub' - Sides with

the Whigs under Somers and Godolphin Seeks the patronage of Halifax

- Introduced to Harley and St. John - -Sides with the Tories - His

Political Influence Is made Dean of St. Patrick's His Church Prospects

ruined by the Death of Queen Anne His two Visits to England

Publishes 'Gulliver's Travels' - Supposed to have been married to Stella

Stella and Vanessa His Services to Ireland Disappointments and

Idiotcy Death and Burial in St. Patrick's Cathedral - Works and

Character

WILLIAM BROOME.-1689 ?-1745.

Born at Haslington, in Cheshire - Educated at Eton and Cambridge -

Enters into Holy Orders Introduced to Pope

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Assists Pope in the

-Assists him in translating the

His Miscellany Poems Marries

Works and Character.

CHRISTOPHER PITT.-1699-1748.

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Born at Blandford in Dorsetshire Educated at Winchester and Oxford

Presented to the Rectory of Pimpern in Dorsetshire - Translates Vida's

'Art of Poetry,' and Virgil's 'Eneid' His Miscellany of Poems - Death

and Burial at Blandford.

JAMES THOMSON.-1700-1748.

Born at Ednam in Roxburghshire

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Educated at Edinburgh, and designed

for the Church Starts for London His Poverty Publishes his

'Winter,' 'Summer,' 'Spring,' and other Poems

Writes for the Stage

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Visits Italy

Is made Tutor to the Son of Lord Chancellor Talbot

Made Secretary of the Briefs Loses his office at Lord Talbot's death

Patronized by the Prince of Wales and Mr. Lyttelton --Writes' Agamemnon

and other Tragedies - Publishes 'Liberty,' a Poem - Death and Burial at

Richmond in Surrey - Works and Character

225

ISAAC WATTS.-1674-1748.

Born at Southampton --- Educated among the Independents - - Becomes Tutor

to the Son of Sir John Hartopp -- Is received into Sir Thomas Abney's

Family Popularity of his Preaching - His Work on 'The Improvement

of the Mind' - Death and Burial at Bunhill Fields in London

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AMBROSE PHILIPS.-1675-1749.

247

A Native of Shropshire - Educated at Cambridge - Encouraged by the Earl

of Dorset -- Sides with the Whigs - His Friendship with Addison and

Steele - Produces The Distressed Mother,' a Tragedy - The famous Epi-

logue to his Tragedy - Publishes his Pastorals - His Quarrel with Pope -

Joins in The Freethinker'-Is patronised by Archbishop Boulter - Death

and Burial in Audley Chapel, South Audley Street, London

Educated at Eton and Oxford Marries, and retires to Wickham in Kent -

Translates Pindar, and publishes 'Observations on the Resurrection'— His

Friendship with Lyttelton and Pitt - Death and Burial at Wickham

Works and Character.

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WILLIAM COLLINS.-1720-1759.

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Born at Chichester - Educated at Winchester and Oxford - Publishes 'Ori-

ental Eclogues' and Odes on several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects -

Publishes Proposals for a History of the Revival of Learning'- Publishes

a Poem on Thomson's Death - Dies insane, and Buried in St. Andrew's

Church, Chichester-Works and Character

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JOHN DYER.-1700-1758.

Second Son of Robert Dyer, of Aberglasney, in Caermarthenshire - Educated

at Westminster-Studies Poetry and Painting - Publishes Grongar Hill,'

a Poem Enters into Holy Orders - Publishes 'The Ruins of Rome,'

'The Fleece,' &c. - Made Rector of Coningsby, in Lincolnshire - Death

and Burial at Coningsby

WILLIAM SHENSTONE.-1714-1763.

289.

Born at the Leasowes, in Shropshire - Educated at Hales-Owen and Oxford

-Publishes a small Miscellany of Poems without his name - Publishes

The Judgment of Hercules,' 'The Schoolmistress,' and other Poems-

His Ferme ornée - His pecuniary difficulties - Death and Burial in Hales-

Owen Churchyard, Shropshire - Works and Character

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EDWARD YOUNG.-1681-1765.

His

Born at Upham, in Hampshire Educated at Winchester and Oxford-

first Poetry Is patronised by the Duke of Wharton - Publishes his 'Uni-

versal Passion' - Writes for the Stage-Enters into Holy Orders - Receives

a Pension of 2001. a-year from George I. Marries - Death of his Wife

Publishes The Complaint, or Night Thoughts'-- Presented to the Living

His only Son - Death and Burial at Welwyn

of Welwyn, in Hertfordshire

-Works and Character

307

DAVID MALLET.-1698?-1765.

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Born in the Highlands of Scotland Educated at Edinburgh- Made Tutor

to the sons of the Duke of Montrose - Visits London - Publishes 'William

and Margaret,' a Ballad - Changes his name- Publishes The Excursion,'

a Poem
Courts Pope by a Poem On Verbal Criticism'- Writes for the

Stage-Made Under Secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales - Writes a

'Life of Bacon,' and undertakes a 'Life of the Duke of Marlborough '—

Publishes Amyntor and Theodora,' a Poem - Seeks to blacken the memory

of Pope Left Bolingbroke's Literary Executor - His Pamphlet against

Admiral Byng - Obtains a Pension Is twice married - Death and Burial

--Works and Character

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