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Scribleʹrus (Martiʹnus)

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A merciless satire on the false taste in literature current in the time of Pope. Cornelius Scribleʹrus, the father of Martin, was a pedant, who entertained all sorts of absurdities about the education of his son. Martin grew up a man of capacity; but though he had read everything, his judgment was vile and taste atrocious.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Scratch Eleven (A)
Scratch Race (A)
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Screw (A)
Screw Loose (A)
Screw Plot (The)
Screwed
Screwed on Right
Scribe
Scriblerus (Martinus)
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Scriptorium
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Scudamore (Sir)
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