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THE

LIFE and OPINIONS

OF

TRISTRAM SHANDY, Gent.


CHAP. I.

If it had not been for those two mettlesome tits, and that madcap of a postilion, who drove them from Stilton to Stamford, the thought had never entered my head. He flew like lightning—there was a slope of three miles and a half—we scarce touched the ground—the motion was most rapid—most impetuous—'twas communicat-ed