[5.] This will be printed with my father’s Life of Socrates, &c. &c.
[6.] Mr. Shandy must mean the poor in spirit; inasmuch as they divided the money amongst themselves.
[7.] Alluding to the first edition.
[ THE LIFE AND OPINIONS]
OF
TRISTRAM SHANDY
GENTLEMAN
Non enim excursus hic ejus, sed opus ipsum est. Plin. Lib. v. Epist. 6.
Si quid urbaniusculè lusum a nobis, per Musas et Charitas et omnium poëtarum Numina, Oro te, ne me malè capias.
[A DEDICATION]
TO A GREAT MAN
Having, a priori, intended to dedicate The Amours of my Uncle Toby to Mr. ***——I see more reasons, a posteriori, for doing it to Lord *******.