POETS, _mediocre_ Critics are the real origin of _mediocre_, 212
Nat. Lee describes their wonderful susceptibility of praise,
213
provincial, their situation at variance with their feelings,
214
POPE, Alex., his opinion of "the Dangerous Fate of Authors", 214
the Poet Prior, 216
POPE, Alexander, his high estimation of Warburton, 257, 273
Warburton's edition of his works, 263, 270
his miscellaneous quarrel, 278, 291
collects libels on himself, _n._ 273
literary stratagems, 280
early neglect of his "Essay on Criticism," _n._ 280
the real author of the "Key to the Lock," _n._ 280
hostilities between him and others, 282
the finest character-painter, _n._ 283
his personal sufferings on Cibber's satire, 285
his first introduction to Dennis, _n._ 286
narrative of the publication of his letter to Curll, 292, 300
his attacks on Cibber, 301, 312
his condemned comedy, _n._ 301, 307
quarrels with Addison, 313
urges an attack on his _Cato_, _n._ 315
believes him to have employed adverse critics, _n._ 316-317
satirizes Addison as Atticus, _n._ 317
his last interview with Addison, 318, 320
surreptitiously prints Bolingbroke's "Patriot King", 321
his bookselling account with Lintot, 329
his earliest satire, 333-335
his satires and their effects, 535