"When Trim came in and told my father, that Dr. Slop was in the kitchen, and busy in making a bridge,-- my uncle Toby, --the affair of the jack-boots having just then raised a train of military ideas in his brain,--took it instantly for granted that Dr. Slop was making a model of the marquis d' Hôpital's bridge."
— Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)
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Date
1760-7
Metaphor
"When Trim came in and told my father, that Dr. Slop was in the kitchen, and busy in making a bridge,-- my uncle Toby, --the affair of the jack-boots having just then raised a train of military ideas in his brain,--took it instantly for granted that Dr. Slop was making a model of the marquis d' Hôpital's bridge."
Metaphor in Context
When Trim came in and told my father, that Dr. Slop was in the kitchen, and busy in making a bridge,-- my uncle Toby, --the affair of the jack-boots having just then raised a train of military ideas in his brain,--took it instantly for granted that Dr. Slop was making a model of the marquis d' Hôpital's bridge. ----'Tis very obliging in him, quoth my uncle Toby ;--pray give my humble service to Dr. Slop, Trim, and tell him I thank him heartily.
(III.xxvi, pp. 136-7)
(III.xxvi, pp. 136-7)
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At least 82 entries in ESTC (1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1786, 1788, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800). Complicated publication history: vols. 1 and 2 published in London January 1, 1760. Vols. 3, 4, 5, and 6 published in 1761. Vols. 7 and 8 published in 1765. Vol. 9 published in 1767.
See Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 vols. (London: Printed for D. Lynch, 1760-1767). <Link to ECCO><Link to 1759 York edition in ECCO>
First two volumes available in ECCO-TCP: <Vol. 1><Vol. 2>. Most text drawn from second (London) edition <Link to LION>.
For vols. 3-4, see ESTC T14705 <R. and J. Dodsley, 1761>. For vols. 5-6, see ESTC T14706 <T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1762>. For vols. 7-8, see ESTC T14820 <T. Becket and P. A. Dehont, 1765>. For vol. 9, <T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1767>.
Reading in Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism, Ed. Howard Anderson (New York: Norton, 1980).
See Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 vols. (London: Printed for D. Lynch, 1760-1767). <Link to ECCO><Link to 1759 York edition in ECCO>
First two volumes available in ECCO-TCP: <Vol. 1><Vol. 2>. Most text drawn from second (London) edition <Link to LION>.
For vols. 3-4, see ESTC T14705 <R. and J. Dodsley, 1761>. For vols. 5-6, see ESTC T14706 <T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1762>. For vols. 7-8, see ESTC T14820 <T. Becket and P. A. Dehont, 1765>. For vol. 9, <T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1767>.
Reading in Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism, Ed. Howard Anderson (New York: Norton, 1980).
Date of Entry
02/23/2016
