A collection of letters, never before printed: written by Alexander Pope, Esq; and other ingenious gentlemen, to the late Aaron Hill, Esq:
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A collection of letters, never before printed: written by Alexander Pope, Esq; and other ingenious gentlemen, to the late Aaron Hill, Esq:
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London :: printed for W. Owen,
1751.
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"A collection of letters, never before printed: written by Alexander Pope, Esq; and other ingenious gentlemen, to the late Aaron Hill, Esq:." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004809132.0001.000. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2024.
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LETTER XVII. From Mr. POPE, To AARON HILL, Esq
Chiswick, Nov. 1. 1731.
SIR,
I Troubled you with a hasty Scrawl at Lord Tyr|connel's,
in which I mention'd Gilliver's Desire to
be the Publisher of your Tragedy: Since, he re|quests
my Letter to recommend him. I find Mr.
Savage has rais'd his Hope, by saying you had kept
yourself unengag'd, in Expectation that I would plead
for him, and that you wonder'd I did not sooner. If
this be not one of those Things in which Mr. S.
speaks upon Imagination, I am more oblig'd to you
than ever I intended. For I assure you, I had no
Thought of imposing, nay, not even of proposing a
Bookseller, for fear your great Complacency toward
me, should lead you, more, than your own Inclina|tion,
to another Bookseller. But if you have no such
Byafs, this Man I really think honest, and capable in
his Business. I hope in a few Days to meet you in
Town, and am sincerely yours, and the young
Lady's,
A. POPE.
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I just now receive your very kind Letter, but can
answer it no otherwise than by going about what
you propose. I'll write first, and then see every
body I can in Town on Tuesday, &c.
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