...noblemen and gentlemen of talent. Though he was deemed a Istitudinarian as to religion, Mr. Pope Says, in a letter, " His death was unaffected enough to...Lansdowne, a brother poet, though of a different party. NeSt to " The Dispensary," his " Claremont," a complimentary poem on the seat of the Duke of Newcastle,...

...observation of Pope, however, shows him to have been a man of practical benevolence. " If ever," said he, " there was a good Christian without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr Garth." That Arbuthnot did not entertain any very high opinion of his rival, appears from a passage from a...

...wrongfully as they did his life with irreligion. You must have heard many tales on this subject; but if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth."J * In a note to Spence's anecdotes, it is said " that Garth sent to Addison, (of whom he had...

...Addison and of Granville. He is accused of voluptuousness and irreligion: and Pope, who says, that " if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth," seems not able to deny what he is angry to hear, and loath to confess. Pope afterwards declared himself...

...Harrow-on-the-hill, near London. " His death," observes Pope, in a letter written shortly after, " was unaffected enough to have made a saint or a philosopher...without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth.— Biog. Brit. May 25.— Cut-throat-house, a ruinous cottage near Bradley hall, on the south side of...

...Harrow-on- the-hill, near London. " His death," observes Pope, in a letter written shortly after, " was unaffected enough to have made a saint or a philosopher...without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth. — Biog. Brit. May 25. — Cut-throat-house, a ruinous cottage near Bradley hall, on the south side...

...Harrow-on-the-hill, near London. " His death," observes Pope, in a letter written shortly after, " was unaffected enough to have made a saint or a philosopher...without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth.— Biof. Brit. May 25. — Cut-throat-house, a ruinous cottage near Bradley hall, on the south side of...

...moments as they did his lip, with irreligion. You must have heard many tales on this subject ; but if ever there was a good Christian without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth." Steele, in his dedication of the Lover, a forgotten periodical work devoted to the tender passion,...

...moments as they did his lip, with irreligion. You must have heard many tales on this subject ; but if ever there was a good Christian without knowing himself to be so, it was Ur. Garth." Steele, in his dedication of the Lover, a forgotten periodical work devoted to the tender...

...works " (alluding to his deafness). To Jervas he concludes a letter thus : " Come thou, and having there was a good Christian without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. I¡arth." Thus nobly did Pope indicate his friends, absent or dead. Unlike our modern Damons, he did...