The Complete Works Of Laurence Sterne

Author : Laurence Sterne
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334141126
Total Pages : 502 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Works of Laurence Sterne written by Laurence Sterne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Complete Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author Sir Walter Scott remarks that the Autobiography to which the readers of this Memoir have been referred 'is but a slight sketch, and stops short just where the reader becomes most interested in its progress, being very succinct in all which regards the author's personal history.' This remark is too obviously true, and supplies the only reason any one can assign for attempting to amplify it - especially where space is necessarily so limited as it is in this edition of sterne's Works. The poverty of the Autobio graphy is felt from the month that the subject of it became a public man by the publication of Tristram Shandy. The living of Sutton, it will be seen, was his first appointment. His uncle, the Rev. Jacques Sterne, LL.D., Prebendary of Durham, Canon Residentiary, Precentor and Prebendary of York, and a Rector besides, got him this, and secured for him. The Prebendary of York. Through his wife's in uence, - her name is not known - all that appears is that it began with L, - he got the living of Stillington. On the title-page of an early edition of his Works he is designated 'prebendary of York, and Vicar of Sutton on the Forest, and of Stillington near York.' sterne says, 'i remained near twenty years at Sutton, doing duty at both places. Books, painting, fiddling, and shooting were my amusements.' A glimpse or two of his life at this time is to be had by the curious, who alone care to read for such a reward. He was well known as a wit of the Douglas Jerrold stamp. It is told that he was sitting in a publichouse at York one day, along with some clerical brethren, when a young fellow, a stranger, came in and annoyed the reverend gentlemen very much by descanting too freely on religious topics in general, and on the hypocrisy of the clergy in particular. He addressed sterne directly, asking him what were his sentiments on the subject. The clerical wit replied by telling him that his dog was reckoned one of the most beautiful pointers. In the whole county, was very good-natured, but that he had one infernal trick which destroyed all his good qualities: He never sees a clergyman, . But he immediately ies at him.' 'how long may he have had that trick, sir?' inquired the profane person with apparent interest. 'ever' since he was a puppy, ' was the reply, and it revealed the satire. Now in those days a reputation for wit like this, thus used, was almost enough to canonize a man. Such anecdotes are still told in Sunday schools, as if they were a subdivision of the evidences of Christianity. 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."