THE G A R D E N. To J. Evelyn, Esquire.
— from Sylva; Or, A Discourse of Forest Trees. Vol. 1 (of 2) by John Evelyn
Nothing of much importance he found there.—Here, though, was a rather diverting letter from Eustace Budgell, that poor fool, abjectly thanking Mr. Pope for his advice concerning how best to answer the atrocious calumnies on Budgell then appearing in The Grub-Street Journal ,—and reposing, drolly enough, next the proof-sheets of an anonymous letter Pope had prepared for the forthcoming issue of that publication, wherein he sprightlily told how Budgell had poisoned Dr. Tindal, after forging his will.
— from The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes) by James Branch Cabell
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