Though he had talked of erecting a monument to Swift and himself, he was anxious that the monument should apparently be erected by some one else.

His vanity could only be satisfied by the appearance that the publication was forced upon him.

He had, therefore, to dissociate himself from the publication by some protest at once emphatic and ineffectual; and, consequently, to explain the means by which the letters had been surreptitiously obtained.
The first aim was unexpectedly difficult.

Faulkner turned out to be an honest bookseller.

Instead of sharing Curll's rapacity, he consented, at Mrs.Whiteway's request, to wait until Pope had an opportunity of expressing his wishes.