Page.

57 To J. Hill, Esq. Recommendation of the lace-ma-

kers' petition,

July 8 194 94 To the Rev. J. Newton Pleasures of authorship,

Feb. 2 214

93 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On some verses of Lowth's;

on the origin of his correspondence with Lady

Austen,

Feb. 9 215

58 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Translation of the Latin

verses on the riots in 1780,

July 11 ib.

Character of Caraccioli,

59 To Mrs. Cowper. On the insensible progress of age, 95 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Mr. Newton's preface; the

July 20 ib.

dignity of authorship,

Feb. 24 217

60 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Olney Bridge, July 27 195 96 To Lord Thurlow. With his first volume of poems,
61 To the Rev. J. Newton. A riddle,
July 30 ib.
Feb. 25 ib.

62 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Human nature not chan- 97 To the Rev. J. Newton. Thoughts on reproving

ged; a modern only an ancient in a different dress,

kings,

Feb. 16 216

ib.

Feb. 218

March 6 ib.

March 7 219

March 14 ib.

220

Sept. 17 199

Oct. 5 ib.
On Mr. Newton's arrival at Rams-

To the same. On his own volume of poems; on his
letter to the chancellor,

103 To the Rev. W. Bull,

104 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On the same subject as

March 18 221

March 24 ib.

Nov. 18 ib.

114 To the same. Dr. Beattie's translation of Madame
Guion's poems,

115 To the Rev. W. Unwin Mr.'s charity and be.

nevolence,

Jan. 19 229

116 To the Rev. J. Newton. Nations act under the direc-
tion of Providence,
Feb. 8 ib.
117 To J. Hill, Esq. Favourable reception given to his
poems,
Feb. 13 & 20 ib.

118 To the same. Dr. Franklin's letter transcribed, Feb. 20 230

119 To the same. Nations like ants; etching of the

Chancellor (Thurlow,)

July 6 207 120 To the Rev. J. Newton. Reflections on the illness

63 To the Rev. J. Newton. In rhyme; on his poetry,

of a friend,

April 5 b.

July 12 ib. 121 To the same. On simplicity in preaching, May 5 231

84 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Duty of submitting to inju 122 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On a sermon of Paley's,
ry; story of an Abbe,
July 29 203
May 12 lb.

85 To the same. His poem, Retirement; Lady Aus- 123 To J. Hill, Esq. Loss of friends; a tax on long life,

ten's settling at Olney,

Aug. 25 209

May 26 232

86 To the same. Brighton amusements; his projected 124 To the Rev. J. Newton. Death of Mrs. C. May 31 ib.

authorship,

Oct. 6 ib. 125 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Character of the Rev. Mr.

Bull,

228

ib.

4

June 8 ib.

$8 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Brighton dissipation; edu.

cation of young Unwin,

Oct. 19 210 126 To the Rev. J. Newton. On his ecclesiastical histo-

ry; remarkable mists,

June 12 233

Nov. 5 211 127 To the same.

Letter.

Page. Letter.

128 To the Rev. J. Newton. Translation of Mr. New 169 To the Rev. J. Newton. Captain Cook's last voyage,

ton's letter into Dutch,

Page

129 To the same. His love of home; styles of Robertson

and Gibbon,

130 To the Rev. W. Bull,

132 To the same. Madame Guion's poems,

133 To the Rev. J. Newton. On his recovery

ver; story of a clerk in a public office,

134 To the same. Description of a visit to Mr.

June 19 234

170 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Publication of the Task,

July 27 ib.
Aug. 3 235 171 To J. Hill, Esq. Dr. Cotton truly a philosopher,
131 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On ballads; anecdote of
his goldfinch,
Aug. 4 ib. 172 To the Rev. J. Newton. Effect of sounds, Sept. 18 ib.
Sept. 7 236 173 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Punctuation of blank verse,

from a fe-

Aug. 16 260

Sept. 11 261

Sept. 11 262

Oct. 2 263

Sept. 8 237 174 To the Rev. J. Newton. On unconnected thoughts;

death of Captain Cook,

Oct. 9 ib.

135 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Philosophers happy; air

balloons,

Sept. 29 238

136 To the Rev. J. Newton. Tendency of the Gospel to

promote the happiness of mankind, Oct. 6 239

Oct. 240

Sept. 23 ib. 175 To the Rev. W. Unwin. The tendency of the Task,

and of all his writings,

Oct. 10 264

On the American loyalists,

176 To the same. On his poem, Tirocinium,

177 To the Rev. J. Newton. Sandwich islanders, Oct. 30 266

178 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Reasons why an author

may wish to keep his works secret,

Oct. 20 265

Nov. 1 267

Nov. 8 ib.

behaviour of acquaintance,

Nov. 10 ib.

140 To the same. The same subject; L'Estrange's Jo-

sephus,

Nov. 24 242

141 To the same. Account of Mr. and Mrs. Throckmor-

137 To the same.

138 To J. Hill, Esq. Comforts of a winter evening, Oct. 20 241 | 179 To the Rev. W. Bull,

139 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Reflections on the unkind

ib.

Nov. 29 ib.

ton,

1784.

142 To the same. East India Company's Charter, Jan. 3 243

143 To the Rev. J. Newton. Departure of the old year,

Dec. 13 270

185 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Inscription of Tirocinium;

compliment to Bishop Bagot,

Dec. 18 271

Jan. 18 244

144 To the Rev. W. Unwin. State of departed spirits, Jan. 245 186 To the Rev. J. Newton. On his poem being called

145 To the Rev. J. Newton. On East India affairs; Lines

1785.

187 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Death of Dr. Johnson, and

an epitaph on him,

Jan. 15 272

188 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On two small poems, the

Feb. 10 247

Poplar Field and the Rose,

Feb. 7 273

Feb. 22 248 189 To the same. Reflections on the impatience of au-
thors,
March 20 ib.

190 To the same. Celebrity of John Gilpin, April 30 274

191 To J. Hill, Esq. Description of his boudoir at Ol-

ney,

June 25 275

192 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Account of a violent thun-
der storm,

July 27 ib.

1786.

202 To Lady Hesketh. Correcting his poems, Jan. 10 282

162 To the saine. Same subject,
June 5 ib. 203 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On his visiting Lady Hes-
163 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Tax on candles, July 3 ib. keth; on Homer,
Jan. 14 ib.

164 To the Rev. J. Newton. Mythology of the ancients; 204 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Translation of Homer, Jan. 15 283

new taxes,

July 5 257 205 To the same. Dr. Maty's opinion of the Task, Jan. 23 ib.

165 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Vincent Bourne; Hume's 206 To Lady Hesketh. On receiving a snuff-box with

Essay on Suicide,

July 12 258

portraits of his three hares,

Jan. 31 284

16 To the Rev. J. Newton. Madness sometimes hu- 207 To the same. On her promised visit to Olney, Feb. 9 285

morous and sometimes whimsical, July 19 259 208 To the same. Vexations attendant on a variety of

157 To the same. Pleasant situation of Lymington; Mr.
criticisms; the Chancellor's promise, Feb. 11 ib.

Gilpin,

July 28 ib. 209 To the same. On their expected meeting at Olney,

Feb. 19 286

Aug. 14 260 210 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Death of Mrs. Bagot, Feb. 27 287

May 8 ib.

217 To the same. Pain and pleasure on the sight of a

long-absent friend,

May 15 292

218 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Submission to the will of

God; Horace's advice to authors,

May 20 293

219 To Lady Hesketh. Gives up meeting her at New-

port; lines in the Task; state of his nerves, May 25 294

220 To the same. Beauties of the spring; his spirits less

depressed,

256 To the same. On his neighbours,

257 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On his Homer, and Bishop

Bagot,

Dec. 6 ib.

258 To Lady Hesketh. On a ball, and his translation,

Dec. 10 314

Dec. 4 313

227 To the same. On his compositions,

228 To the same. His state of mind; verses to Miss C.
on her birth-day,

221 To the same. His feelings on her expected arrival;

Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton,

259 To S. Rose, Esq. On his Homer; talents given by

nature,

Dec. 13 ib.

1788.

May 29 295 260 To Lady Hesketh, On verses by Mr. Merry; inocu-

lation,

June 4 and 5 296 261 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On Bishop Bagot, and his

Homer,

June 9 297 262 To Lady Hesketh. Reasons for writing few occa

sional poems; on a print of Bunbury's,

On his own anxiety,

On trouble as the portion of mortali-

ty; on reading a book of his Iliad to Mr. Great-

heed,

222 To J. Hill, Esq. His time much occupied by Ho-

mer; the Chancellor's illness,

223 To the same. Lady Hesketh's visit, and the village

of Weston,

June 19 ib.

224 To the Rev. W. Unwin. The arrival of Lady Hes.

keth; residence in Olney; Latin books for young

readers,

263 To the same.

264 To the same.

July 3 ib.

Jan. 1 315

Jan. 5 316

Jan. 19 ib.

Jan. 30 317

225 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Revisal of his Homer, July 4 298 265 To. S. Rose, Esq. Improvement of time; on the re-
226 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On his Homer, Aug. 24 299

flection of Glaucus,

ib. 266 To Lady Hesketh. On his own melancholy;
nah More, and Hastings's trial,

Feb. 1 lb.

Feb. 14 318

Han-

Feb. 16 319

300

267 To the same.

229 To the same. On declining to write on a subject pro-

posed to him,

268 To the same.

ib.

bullus,

230 Letter-writing, illustrated by a simile in rhyme; state

of the nation,

231 To the same.

232 To the same.

233 To the same.

301 270 To General Cowper. On his poem upon the slave

trade; the Morning Dream, a ballad,

On his poem of the Lily and the Rose, ib.

The poet Churchill,

First poetry, a translated elegy of Ti-

234 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Milton's blank verse, and

revisal of his Homer,

302 272 To S. Rose, Esq. Depression of spirits; Dr. Clarke,

Aug. 31 303 273 To Lady Hesketh. On his poem upon the slave

trade,

235 To J. Hill, Esq. Mischance, that happened to part

of his translation of Homer,

Oct. 6 fb. 274 To the same. Smollett's Don Quixote ; on his friend

236 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Change of habitation, Nov. 17 ib. Mr. Rowley,

237 To Lady Hesketh. A poet's hermitage, Nov. 26 304 275 To J. Hill, Esq.

238 To the same. On the death of Mr. Unwin, Dec. 4 305 276 To Lady Hesketh.

239 To Robert Smith, Esq. (the present Lord Carrington.) 277 To J. Hill, Esq. On two prints, Crazy Kate and the

On the same subject,

Lace-maker; bust of Paris

240 To Lady Hesketh. On the same subject,

241 To J. Hill, Esq. On the same subject,

242 To Lady Hesketh. On praise to a poet,

Dec. 9 ib.

Dec. 9 306 278 To Lady Hesketh. Same subject; Mrs. Montague,

Dec. 9 ib.

Dec. 21 307 279 To the same. Sufferings from the east wind; extra-

ordinary advertisement of a dancing-master, June 3 325

280 To J. Hill, Esq. Death of Ashley Cowper, Esq. June 8 ib.

281 To Lady Hesketh. On the same subject,

1787.

243 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Homer's description of

slaughter; praise of the author and Mr. Unwin,

Jan. 3 ib.

269 To the same. On the book entitled, "The Manners

of the Great,"

March 12 ib.

321

ib. 271 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On "The Manners of the
Great," and his Homer,

March 19 ib.

March 29 322

March 31 ib.

May 24 324

May 27 ib.

June 10 ib.

282 To the same. On the same subject,

June 15 326