E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Scrible’rus (Marti’nus).
A merciless satire on the false taste in literature current in the time of Pope. Cornelius Scrible’rus, 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.
