“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”

— Laurence Sterne, book The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Book I, Ch. 6 http://books.google.com/books?id=COoNAAAAQAAJ&q=%22as+we+jogg+on+either+laugh+with+me+or+at+me+or+in+short+do+any+thing+only+keep+your+temper%22&pg=PA19#v=onepage. <br class="br">The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

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