Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… him as a contributor to the ‘Essay concerning the origin of the sciences’, and Parnell also helped Pope with his Homeric translations. At the other end of the social spectrum, but equally doubtful in his creative contributions, is Robert … the upbringing and life of the fictional Scriblerus, satirizing trends and fashions of its time. A more or less direct translation of the collaborative Scriblerian spirit into publication can be found in the four volumes of Miscellanies …
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