Comments on Sterne. 53 
«doit étre encore plus davoir du grand nez,” k&e. 
Jam fatis.* 
The mock quotations, explanatory of the Promon- 
tory of Nofes, in Slawkenbergius's tale, are merely 
defigned to cover the ufe made of Rabelais’s proverb ; 
*¢ il fut a la foire des nez.” Sterne has diverted 
himfelf fometimes with references to fome parts of 
this author, that appear znigmatical enough. For 
inflance; ‘+ Who was ‘Tickletoby’s Mare?” I 
believe many of Rabelais’s readers would be puzzled 
to anfwer. Sterne alludes to the ftory of poor 
‘Tappecoue,{ who fell a facrifice to the refentment 
of the devils of Poictiers. 
At other times, Sterne indulges in all the Gali- 
matias of the old Frenchman, -——‘‘ Bon jour! 
** good morrow!—fo you have got your cloak on 
** betimes! but ’tis a cold morning, and you judge 
** the matter rightly—'tis better to be well mounted 
** than go o' foot—and obftructions in the glands 
** are dangerous—And how goes it with thy Con- 
** cubine—thy wife—and thy little ones o’ both fides? 
** and when did you hear from the old gentleman 
* and lady,” &c.|| 
I believe 
* Penfees Facetieufes de Brufcambille, P. 48. 
+ Chap. 36. vol. ii. Tr. Shandy, 
} Rabelais, Liv. IV, Chap, XIII. That ftrange fellow, 
Sir Thomas Urquhart, the Romancer of Crichton, tran. 
flates this word, Tickletoby, 
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