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Paul Turner talks about the new edition of 'The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus '
This burlesque biography was the main manifesto of the Scriblerus Club, which was formed to attack ' follies ' in literature and science. Among the members were Pope, Swift, Gay. Parnell, Arbuthnot, and the Earl of Oxford.

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Martinus Scriblerus

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