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

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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

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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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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.

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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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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

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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

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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