The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

—Is the white bear worth seeing?—

—Is there no sin in it?—

Is it better than a BLACK ONE?

[1.] This book my father would never consent to publish; ’tis in manuscript, with some other tracts of his, in the family, all, or most of which will be printed in due time.

[2.] Mr. Shandy is supposed to mean ******** *** Esq.; member for ******, ——and not the Chinese Legislator.

[3.] Χαλεπῆς νόσου, καὶ δυσιάτου ἀπαλλαγὴν, ἣν ἄνθρακα καλοῦσιν.—Philo.

[4.] Τὰ τεμνόμενα τῶν ἐθνῶν τολυγονώτατα, καὶ πολυανθρωπότατα εἶναι.

[5.] Καθαριότητος εἵνεκεν.—Bochart.

[6.] Ὁ Ἶλος, τὰ αἰδοῖα περιτέμνεται, ταὐτὸ ποιῆσαι καὶ τοὺς ἅμ’ αυτῷ συμμάχους καταναγκάσας.—Sanchuniatho.

Note 6 as printed: Ὁ Ιλος, τὰ ἀιδοῖα περιτέμνεται, τἀυτὸ ποῖησαι καὶ τοὺς ἅμ’ αυτῷ συμμὰχους καταναγκάσας. The errors in the diacritics do not affect the transliteration.