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ENOX LIBRARY
NEW YORK
By Dr ARBUTHNOT and Mr POPE.
Emoirs of the extraordinary life, works, and
M difcoveries of Martinus Scriblerus.
Introduction
Book I. Chap. I. Of the parentage and family of Scriblerus,
how he was begot, what care was taken of him before he was
born, and what prodigies attended his birth
Chap. II. The speech of Cornelius over his son, at the hour of
his birth
Chap. III. Shewing what befel the Doctor's fon and his fhield
on the day of the christening
Chap. IV. Of the fuction and nutrition of the great Scriblerus
in his infancy, and of the first rudiments of his learning
Chap. V. A differtation upon play-things -
Chap. VI. Of the gymnaftics, in what exercises Martinus was educated; fomething concerning mufic, and what fort of a man his uncle was
Chap. VII. Rhetoric, logic, and metaphyfics
Chap. VIII. Anatomy
Chap. IX. How Martinus became a great critic
Chap. X. Of Martinus's uncommon practice of phyfic, and
how he applied himself to the diseases of the mind
Chap. XI. The cafe of a young nobleman at court, with the
Doctor's prefcription for the fame
Chap. XII. How Martinus endeavoured to find out the feat of
the foul, and of his correfpondence with the free-thinkers
Chap. XIII. Of the feceffion of Martinus, and fome hint of his
travels
54
Chap. XIV. Of the discoveries and works of the great Scrible-
rus, made and to be made, written and to be written, known
and unknown
55
Martinus Scriblerus
περι βάθους : or, of the art of
finking in poetry.
Chap. I. The Introduction
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Chap. II. That the bathos, or profund, is the natural tafte of
man, and in particular of the prefent age
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Chap. III. The neceffity of the bathos phyfically confidered
Chap. IV. That there is an art of the bathos, or profund
Chap. V. Of the true genius for the profund, and by what it is
constituted
Chap. VI. Of the several kinds of geniuses in the profund, and
the marks and characters of each
Chap. VII. Of the profund, when it confifts in the thought Chap. VIII. Of the profund, confifting in the circumstances ;. and of amplification and periphrase in general
Chap. IX. Of imitation, and the manner of imitating
Chap. X. Of tropes and figures; and first of the variegating,
confounding, and reverfing figures
Chap. XI. The figures continued: Of the magnifying and
diminishing figures
Chap. XII. Of expreffion, and the feveral forts of ftyle of the prefent age
Chap. XIII. A project for the advancement of the bathos
Chap. XIV. How to make dedications, panegyrics, or fatires;
and of the colours of honourable and dishonourable
Chap. XV. A receipt to make an epic poem
Chap. XVI. A project for the advancement of the stage
M. Scribleri Virgilius reftauratus
An effay of the learned M. Scriblerus, concerning the origin of
fciences, by Mr POPE and Dr PARNEL
Annus Mirabilis; or, The wonderful effects of the approaching
conjunction of the planets Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn
Stradling versus. Styles, a specimen of Sciblerus's reports
By Mr POPE.
A key to the lock
Memoirs of P. P. clerk of this parish
Thoughts on various subjects
By Dr ARBUTHNOT.
Law is a bottomlefs pit; or, The history of John
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Chap. II. How Bull and Frog grew jealous, that the Lord Strutt
intended to give all his custom to his grandfather Lewis
Baboon
Chap. III. A copy of Bull and Frog's letter to Lord Strutt
Chap. IV. How Bull and Frog went to law with Lord Strutt a-
bout the premiffes, and were joined by the reft of the tradef-
men
Chap. V. The true characters of John Bull, Nic. Frog, and
Hocus
Chap. VI. Of the various fuccefs of the law-fuit
Chap. VII. How John Bull was fo mightily pleased with his fuc-
cefs, that he was going to leave off his trade, and turn law-
yer
Chap. VIII. How John difcovered, that Hocus had an intrigue
with his wife; and what followed thereupon
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184
185
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188
Chap. IX. How fome quacks undertook to cure Mrs Bull of her
ulcer
Chap. X. Of John Bull's fecond wife, and the good advice that
she gave him
Chap. XI. How John looked over his attorney's bill
Chap. XII. How John grew angry, and refolved to accept a
compofition; and what methods were practised by the lawyers
for keeping him from it
Chap. XIII. Mrs Bull's vindication of the indifpenfable duty
of cuckoldom, incumbent upon wives in cafe of the tyranny,
infidelity, or infufficiency of husbands: being a full answer
to the Doctor's fermon against adultery
Chap. XIV. The two great parties of wives, the Devoto's and
the Hitts
Chap. XV. An account of the conference between Mrs Bull and
Don Diego
Chap. XVI. How the guardians of the deceafed Mrs Bull's
three daughters came to John, and what advice they gave him ;
wherein are briefly treated the characters of the three daugh-
ters; alfo John Bull's answer to the three guardians
Chap. XVII. Efquire South's meffage and letter to Mrs Bull
PART II.
Chap. I. The character of John Bull's mother~
Chap. II. The character of John Bull's fifter Peg, with the
quarrels that happened between Mafter and Mifs in their
childhood.
VOL, V.
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196.
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200,
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218
Chap. II
Chap. III. Jack's charms, or the method by which he gained
Peg's heart
Chap. IV. How the relations reconciled John and his fifter Peg,
and what return Peg made to John's meffage
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222
225
Chap. V. Of fome quarrels that happened after Peg was taken
into the family
Chap. VI. The converfation between John Bull and his wife 227
Chap. VII. Of the hard fhifts Mrs Bull was put to, to preserve
the manor of Bullock's hatch; with Sir Roger's method to
keep off importunate duns
232
Chap. VIII. A continuation of the conversation betwixt John
Bull and his wife
234
Chap. IX. A copy of Nic. Frog's letter to John Bull
Chap. X. Of fome extraordinary things that paffed at the Salu-
tation tavern, in the conference between Bull, Frog, Esquire
South, and Lewis Baboon
240
242
Chap. XI. The apprehending, examination, and imprisonment
of Jack for fufpicion of poisoning
245
Chap. XII. How Jack's friends came to vifit him in prison, and
what advice they gave him
250
Chap. XIII. How Jack hanged himself up by the perfuafion of
his friends, who broke their words, and left his neck in the
noofe
253
Chap, XIV. The conference between Don Diego and John Bull 256
Chap. XV. The fequel of the meeting at the Salutation
Chap. XVI. How John Bull and Nic. Frog fettled their accounts 261
Chap. XVII. How John Bull found all his family in an uproar
at home
258
266
Chap. XVIII. How Lewis Baboon came to vifit John Bull,
and what paffed between them
269
Chap. XIX. Nic. Frog's letter to John Bull; wherein he endea
vours to vindicate all his conduct, with relation to John Bull
and the law-fuit
272
Chap. XX. The difcourfe that paffed between Nic Frog and
Efquire South, which John Bull overheard
274
Chap. XXI. The reft of Nic.'s fetches to keep John out of
Ecclefdown-caftle
277
Chap. XXII. Of the great joy that John expreffed when he got
poffeffion of Ecclefdown
280
Poftfcript
282
The art of political lying
284
Reafons offered by the company of upholders, against part of the