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Comments On Sterne.
At other times , Sterne indulges in all th-e Galimatias' of ihe s ? M frenchman . "Bon jour ! good m or row "—so yots have got . * ' j our cloak on betimes I but ' tis a cold rao-riiing , and 3 'oa jndge t . ! is " matter ri g htly—' tis better to be well mounted than go s > ' footil and obstructions in the glands are dangerous—and how gvss it " with thy concubine—thy wife—and thy 'little ones o' both sides
* ' and when did you hear from the eld gentleman and lad ] ' / ' &«*" . I believe this brilliant passage is founded on the Prologue io Rsibelais ' s fourth book . Some of Sterne ' s other i . a > itsti . ons > $ Q itim more credit ; but in the eighth volume of Tristram h -was . not very nice in taking assistance , " Gens de . Bien , " say * Rabelais , " Dim " ¦ yens sauve et gard . On esies volts ? je ne peax voas voir .
At" textile ? , que je chatisse mes lunettes-. If a , ha , bka et heass s ' ea ** va < 2 « aresrne , je votis voy . Et doncqnes ? Yoassvez euhouna ** vinee , a ce que 1 ' on m ' a dit . Vo « s , vos femroej , eniiyis , p $ - st reus et families estes en saute desiree . Cela va bien , sela est ho-M . " ' cela raeplaist— " & c . Certainly this ira & h mast be one of those , passages , escaped , as Rabelais declares that lis-wrote * en maiigeajrt et huvsntf after he had taken a cap too . much . Perhaps it would do violence to the analogy , to 337 / that { Fie s : sw qaisite dialogues , ' scattered through Tristram Shandy , took any
eolour from those delivered by Rabelais . — . At least , it would appe ? . « r to be refining too far . Yet the contrast and contention of diisjaeters and professions sa striding in both romances ; the strong s > « Benie thrown upon the love of hypothesis ; ami the art with whkfe absurdities in every walk of science are exposed , have always inspressed me with a general idea of resesnbjance ; and have recalled PantagmelPanurge and Episternonin many of the Shaadeau
, , conversations . If there be any degree of imitation in this respect , ft is greatly to Sterne ' s honour .- A higher polish was never given to rugged materials .. But there can be no doubt respecting Sterne's ; ( obligations to another Author , once the favourite of the learned am ? witty , though now unaccountably neglected . 1 have often wangle red at the pains bestowed by Sterne , in ridicoling- opinions not
fashionable in his day , and have thought it singular , that he shouk ? produce the portrait of his Sophist , Mr . Shandy , with all the stain . s and msuldiness of the last century about him . For the lov ? -of scarce and whimsical boots ,, was no vice of the time when Tristram Shandy appeared . But I am now convinced , that all the singulari-$ ies of that character were drawn from the perasal of Burton ' s
Anatomy of Melancholy ; not without reference +, however , to the peculiarities of Burton ' s life , who is alledged to have fallen avictirp to his astrological studies . We are told , according ly ^ that Mr , Shandy had . faith , in astrology \ .
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Comments On Sterne.
At other times , Sterne indulges in all th-e Galimatias' of ihe s ? M frenchman . "Bon jour ! good m or row "—so yots have got . * ' j our cloak on betimes I but ' tis a cold rao-riiing , and 3 'oa jndge t . ! is " matter ri g htly—' tis better to be well mounted than go s > ' footil and obstructions in the glands are dangerous—and how gvss it " with thy concubine—thy wife—and thy 'little ones o' both sides
* ' and when did you hear from the eld gentleman and lad ] ' / ' &«*" . I believe this brilliant passage is founded on the Prologue io Rsibelais ' s fourth book . Some of Sterne ' s other i . a > itsti . ons > $ Q itim more credit ; but in the eighth volume of Tristram h -was . not very nice in taking assistance , " Gens de . Bien , " say * Rabelais , " Dim " ¦ yens sauve et gard . On esies volts ? je ne peax voas voir .
At" textile ? , que je chatisse mes lunettes-. If a , ha , bka et heass s ' ea ** va < 2 « aresrne , je votis voy . Et doncqnes ? Yoassvez euhouna ** vinee , a ce que 1 ' on m ' a dit . Vo « s , vos femroej , eniiyis , p $ - st reus et families estes en saute desiree . Cela va bien , sela est ho-M . " ' cela raeplaist— " & c . Certainly this ira & h mast be one of those , passages , escaped , as Rabelais declares that lis-wrote * en maiigeajrt et huvsntf after he had taken a cap too . much . Perhaps it would do violence to the analogy , to 337 / that { Fie s : sw qaisite dialogues , ' scattered through Tristram Shandy , took any
eolour from those delivered by Rabelais . — . At least , it would appe ? . « r to be refining too far . Yet the contrast and contention of diisjaeters and professions sa striding in both romances ; the strong s > « Benie thrown upon the love of hypothesis ; ami the art with whkfe absurdities in every walk of science are exposed , have always inspressed me with a general idea of resesnbjance ; and have recalled PantagmelPanurge and Episternonin many of the Shaadeau
, , conversations . If there be any degree of imitation in this respect , ft is greatly to Sterne ' s honour .- A higher polish was never given to rugged materials .. But there can be no doubt respecting Sterne's ; ( obligations to another Author , once the favourite of the learned am ? witty , though now unaccountably neglected . 1 have often wangle red at the pains bestowed by Sterne , in ridicoling- opinions not
fashionable in his day , and have thought it singular , that he shouk ? produce the portrait of his Sophist , Mr . Shandy , with all the stain . s and msuldiness of the last century about him . For the lov ? -of scarce and whimsical boots ,, was no vice of the time when Tristram Shandy appeared . But I am now convinced , that all the singulari-$ ies of that character were drawn from the perasal of Burton ' s
Anatomy of Melancholy ; not without reference +, however , to the peculiarities of Burton ' s life , who is alledged to have fallen avictirp to his astrological studies . We are told , according ly ^ that Mr , Shandy had . faith , in astrology \ .