Book IV, Ch. 31.
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, also known as just Tristram Shandy, is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years . It purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its style is marked by digression, double entendre, and graphic devices.
Book IX (1767), Ch. 10.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book IV, Ch. 31.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book I, Ch. 22.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
“He was within a few hours of giving his enemies the slip forever.”
Book I, Ch. 12.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book I, Ch. 7.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book II, Ch. 11.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book III, Ch. 12.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”
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.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
“A man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad.”
Book VII (1765), Ch. 2.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
“For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.”
Book I, Ch. 12.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book VI (1761-1762), Ch. 8. Compare: "But sad as angels for the good man’s sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in", Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope, part ii, line 357.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book IV (1761-1762), Ch. 26.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book III (1761-1762), Ch. 9. Compare: "Great wits jump", John Byrom, The Nimmers; Earl of Buckingham, The Chances, act. iv, scene 1; "Good wits jump", Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, part II, ch. 38.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Book VII, Ch. 11.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
“Our armies swore terribly in Flanders, cried my uncle Toby, — but nothing to this.”
For my own part, I could not have a heart to curse my dog so.
Book III, Ch. 11.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
“Go poor Devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee?”
This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
Book II, Ch. 12 (Uncle Toby to the fly).
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
