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T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY,
G<4ENTLEMAN>4.
<9Tarassei t@`@w@ts 'An@hr@'wp@w@ts @.@w t@`aPr@'agma@ta,
alla t@`a peri t@~wn Pragm@'a@twn, Dogma@ta.>9
V O L. I.
1760.
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THE
LIFE and OPINIONS
OF
TRISTRAM SHANDY, Gent.
______________________________________
C H A P. I.
<5I>5 Wish either my father or my mother,
or indeed both of them, as they
were in duty both equally bound to it,
had minded what they were about when
they begot me; had they duly consider'd
how much depended upon what they
were then doing; -1- that not only the
production of a rational Being was con-
cern'd in it, but that possibly the happy
formation and temperature of his body,
V<4OL>4. I. A per-
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perhaps his genius and the very cast of
his mind ; -1- and, for aught the . . .

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T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY,
G<4ENTLEMAN>4.
<9Tarassei t@`w@ts 'Anhr@'wpw@ts @.w t@`aPr@'agmata,
alla t@`a peri t@~wn Pragm@'atwn, Dogmata.>9
V O L. II.
1760.
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THE
LIFE and OPINIONS
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY, Gent.
C H A P. I.
<5I>5 Have begun a new book, on purpose
that I might have room enough to
explain the nature of the perplexities
in which my uncle <2Toby>2 was involved,
from the many discourses and interroga-
tions about the siege of <2Namur>2, where
he received his wound.
I must remind the reader, in case he
has read the history of King <2William>2's
V<4OL>4. II. A wars,
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wars,-1-but if he has not,--I then inform
him that one of the most memorable at-
tacks in that siege, was that which was
made by the <2English>2 and <2Dutch>2 upon the
point of the advanced counterscarp, be . . .

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T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY,
G<4entleman>4.
Multitudinis imperit@ae non formido judicia ; meis
tamen, rogo, parcant opusculis -2- in quibus
fuit propositi semper, a jocis ad seria, a seriis
vicissim ad jocos transire.
J<4OAN>4. S<4ARESBERIENSIS>4,
<2Episcopus Lugdun>2.
V O L. III.
<4L O N D O N:>4
Printed for R. and J. D<4ODSLEY>4 in <2Pall-Mall>2;
M.DCC.LXI.
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T H E
L I F E and O P I N I O N S
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY, Gent.
__________________________________________
C H A P. I.
--`` <2<5I>5 Wish>2, Dr. <2Slop>2,'' quoth my
uncle <2Toby>2 (repeating his
wish for Dr. <2Slop>2 a second time, and with
a degree of more zeal and earnestness in
his manner of wishing, than he had wish-
ed it at first *) -- `` <2I wish>2, Dr. <2Slop>2,''
<2quoth>2 my uncle <2Toby>2, ``<2you had seen what
``prodigious armies we had in Flanders>2 . . .

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T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY,
G<4ENTLEMAN>4.
Multidudinis imperit@ae non formido judicia ; meis
tamen, rogo parcant opusculis -- in quibus
fuit propositi semper, a jocis ad seria, a seriis
vicissim ad jocos transire.
J<4OAN>4. S<4ARESBERIENSIS>2,
<2Episcopus Lugdun>2.
V O L. IV.
<2L O N D O N :>2
Printed for R. and J. D<4ODSLEY>4 in <2Pall-Mall>2
M.DCC.LXI.
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V<4OL>4. IV. B
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S L A W K E N B E R G I I
F<4 A B E L L A>4.
<2<5V>5 E S P E R A qu@^adam frigidul@^a, po-
steriori in parte mensis>2 Augusti,
<2peregrinus, mulo fusco colore insi-
dens, mantic@^a a tergo, paucis indusijs,
binis calceis, braccisque sericis coccinejs re-
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!! !!!!!
NOTE: Type face for dedication is 12 pt. not 10!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T H E
L I F E and O P I N I O N S
O F
T R I S T R A M S H A N D Y, Gent.
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T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
T R I S T R A M S H A N D Y,
G<4entleman>4.
<2Dixero si quid fort@`e jocosius, hoc mihi juris
Cum venia dabis>2.-- -- H<4OR>4.
--<2Si quis calumnietur levius esse quam decet theo-
logum, aut mordacius quam deceat Christia-
num--non Ego, sed Democritus dixit>2.--
E<4RASMUS>4.
V O L. V.
L O N D O N:
Printed for T. B<4E C K E T>4 and P. A. D<4E H O N D T>4,
in the Strand. M DCC LXII.
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<6To the Right Honourable>6
<7J O H N,>7
Lord Viscount S <4P E N C E R>4.
M<4Y>4 L<4ORD>4,
<5I>5 Humbly beg lea . . .

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T H E
L I F E and O P I N I O N S
O F
T R I S T R A M S H A N D Y, Gent.
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T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
T R I S T R A M S H A N D Y,
G<4 E N T L E M A N.>4
<2Dixero si quid fort@`e jocosius, hoc mihi juris
Cum venia dabis>2. H<4OR>4
-----<2Si quis calumnietur levius esse quam decet
theologum, aut mordacius quam deceat Chris-
tianum----non Ego, sed Democritus dixit>2.----
E<4RASMUS>4.
V O L. VI.
L O N D O N :
Printed for T. B<4ECKET>4 and P.A.D<4EHONDT>4,
in the Strand. MDCCLXII.
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T H E
L I F E and O P I N I O N S
of
T R I S T R A M S H A N D Y, Gent.
--
C H A P. I.
--<5W>5 E ' L L not stop two mo-
ments, my dear Sir,--only,
as we have got thro' these five volumes,
(do, Sir, sit down upon a set--they
are better than nothing) let us just look
back upon the country we have pass'd
through.--
--What a wilderness has it be . . .

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T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
T R I S T R A M S H A N D Y,
G<4 E N T L E M A N>4.
<2Non enim excursus hic ejus, sed opus ipsum est.>2
P<4LIN>4. Lib. quintus Epistola sexta.
V O L. VII.
L O N D O N :
Printed for T. B<4ECKET>4 and P.A. D<4EHONT>4,
in the Strand. M DCC LXV.
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--
<2E R R A T A.>2
Page 33. Vol. VII. last line, dele <2and>2.
Page 71. Vol. VII. 3d line, instead of striking,
read <2sticking>2.
Page 34. Vol. VIII. 13th line, read <2inflam-
matory>2.
--
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T H E
L I F E and O P I N I O N S
O F
T R I S T R A M S H A N D Y, Gent.
--
C H A P. I.
<5N>5 O--I think, I said, I would
write two volumes every year,
provided the vile cough which then tor-
mented me, and which to this hour I
dread worse than the devil, would but
give me leave--and in another place--
(but where, I can't recollect now) speak-
ing of my book as a <2machine>2, and lay-
ing my pen a . . .

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--<5B>5UT softly--for in these
sportive plains, and under
this genial sun, where at this instant all
flesh is running out piping, fiddling, and
dancing to the vintage, and every step
that's taken, the judgment is surprised by
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all that has been said upon <2straight>2 <2lines>2 *
in sundry pages of my book--I defy the
best cabbage plante . . .

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DEDICATION
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GREAT MAN
<5H>5AVING, <2a priori>2, intended
to dedicate <2The Amours of my>2
<2uncle Toby>2 to Mr. *** -- I see
more reasons, <2a posteriori,>2 for doing
it to Lord *******.
I should lament from my soul, if
this exposed me to the jealousy of
their Reverences; because, <2a posteri->2
V<4OL>4. IX. 2 <2ori,>2
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DEDICATION
<2riori>2, in Court-latin, signifies, the
kissing hands for preferment -- or
any thing else -- in order to get it.
My opinion of Lord ******* is
neither better nor worse, . . .