— My brother <i>Toby</i>, quoth she, is going to be married… - Laurence Sterne

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— My brother Toby, quoth she, is going to be married to Mrs. Wadman. — Then he will never, quoth my father, be able to lie diagonally in his bed again as long as he lives.

Laurence Sterne

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About Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics.

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Alternative Names: Lorens Stern

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y en consecuencia cada uno hablará de la feria según le haya ido a su mercancía; — —

Do you understand the theory of that affair? replied my father.
Not I, quoth my uncle. — But you have some ideas, said my father, of what you talk about. — No more than my horse, replied my uncle Toby.

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