"Cornelius, it is certain, had a most superstitious veneration for the ancients; and if they contradicted each other, his reason was so pliant and ductile that he was always of the opinion of the last he read."
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.]