The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
by Laurence Sterne
To the Right Honourable Mr Pitt.
Sir,
Never poor Wight of a Dedicator had less hopes from his Dedication, than I have from this of mine; for it is written in a bye corner of the kingdom, and in a retir'd thatch'd house, where I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being firmly persuaded that every time a man smiles,--but much more s ...