The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 7

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Excerpt from The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 7: Containing His Miscellaneous Pieces in ProseBut under this macerated form was conceal'd a Mind replete with Science, burning with a zeal of benefiting his fellow-creatures, and filled with an honelt confcious pride, mixt with a {corn of doing, or [uttering the leali thing beneath the dignity of a Philofopher. Acoordingly he had a foul that would not let him accept of anv offers of Charity, at the fame time that his body {cemed but too much to re quire ir. His lodging was in a {mall chamber up four pair of fiairs, where be regularly payed for what he had when he eat or drank, and he was often obferved wholly to abftain from both. He declined {peaking to any one, except the Qteen, or her firlt Minifter, to whom he attempted to make fome applications, but his real bufinefs or inten tions were utterly unknown to all men. Thus much is certain, that he was obnoxious to the Queen's Mi nifiry, who, either out of Jealoufy or Envy, had him fpiritcd away, and carried abroad as a dange rous perfon, without any regard to the known.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.