“So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him — pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?”

Book I, Ch. 7.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

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Irish/English writer 1713–1768

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