"Such they may be called, for though foreign ideas divert the attention of the mind, when they break in unsought and by violence, they help it often when they have been sought and are admitted by choice."
Letters or Essays Addressed to Alexander Pope, Esq.
At least 5 entries in ESTC (1754, 1777, 1793).<br>
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See "Letters or Essays Addressed to Alexander Pope, Esq." in the third volume of David Mallet's <u>The Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke</u>, 5 vols. (London : [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N20935">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T147520">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from the third volume of <u>The Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke</u>, 5 vols. (Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne: 1793). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=FoArAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading also in the 1967 reprint of <u>The Works of Lord Bolingbroke</u>, 4 vols. (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1844).