The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent, Vol. 1 It is in pure compliance with this humor of theirs, and from a backwardness in my nature to disappoint anyone soul living, that I have been so very particular already. As my life and opinions are likely to make some noise in the world, and, if I conjecture right, will take in all ranks, professions, and denominations of men what ever, be no less read than the Pilgrim's Progress itself, and, in the end, prove the very thing which Montaigne dreaded in his Essays should turn out, that is, a book for the parlor - window, I find it necessary to consult every one a little in his turn, and therefore must beg pardon for going 011 a little farther in the same way: for which cause right glad I am that I have begun the history of myself in the way I have done, and that I am able to go 011, tracing every thing in it, as Horace says, a?) oeo. Horace, I know, does not recommend this fashion altogether: but that gentleman is speaking only of an epic poem, or a tragedy - (i forget which besides, if it was not so, I should beg Mi. Horace's pardon, for in writing what I have set about, I shall confine myself neither to his rules, nor to any man's rules that ever lived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.