...detested, was present at his friend's deathbed, but his main emotion was grief at the death of his friend: "I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends, or a more general friendship for mankind."56 Addison's and Pope's final hours resemble many eighteenthcentury...

...as it seemed to me as if humanity had out lasted understanding. Lord B said it has so & then added I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends or a more general friendship for mankind. I have known him these thirty years and value myself more for...