"He suppos'd that in factious and restless-spirited people he should find it sharp and pointed, allowing no room for the Soul to repose herself; that in quiet Tempers it was flat, smooth, and soft, affording the Soul as it were an easy cushion."
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus
At least 16 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1741, 1742, 1752, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1761, 1764, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1772, 1774, 1778, 1779, 1789). Republished in the <u>Works</u> of Pope and of Swift.<br>
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See <u>Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus. By Mr. Pope</u> (Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, 1741). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004809278.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;
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Reading <u>Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus</u> (London: Hesperus Press, 2002). [From which much of my text was originally transcribed.]