Comments on Sterne. ie 
‘¢ own, for mine, for Chrift’s fake, remember me— 
_ pity me. 
« ___ The Lady Bauffiere rode on.”* 
The citation of the original paffage from Burton 
will confirm all I have faid of his ftile. 
‘© A poor decay'd kinfman of his fets upon him by the 
‘© way in all his jollity, and runs begging bare-headed by 
“ him, conjuring him by thofe former bonds of friend/hip, 
‘¢ alliance, confanguinity, ©©c. uncle, coufin, brother, 
“t father, - -~- fhew fome pity for Chrift’s fake» pity a 
“fick man, an old man, &c. he cares not, ride on: 
“* pretend ficknefs, inevitable lofs of limbs, plead firretyfhip, 
* or fhipwreck, fires, common calamities, fhew thy wants 
*« and imperfections, - --- fwear, proteft, take God and 
* all his angels to witnefs, quere peregrinum, thou art a 
“* counterfeit crank, a cheater, he is not touched with it, 
‘* pauper ubique jacet, ride on, he takes no notice of it. 
** Put up a fupplication to him in the name of a thoufand 
** orphans, an hofpital, a fpittle, a prifon ashe goes by, 
** they cry out to him for’ aid: ride on = -- - - Shew 
© hima decay'd haven, a bridge, a fchool, a fortification, 
© &c. or fome public work; ride on. Good your wor fhip, 
** your honour, for God's fake, your Country's ‘ew 
‘ride on.” 
This curious Copy is followed up, in Triftram 
Shandy, by a Chapter, ‘and that a long one, written 
‘almoft 
* Triftram Shandy, Vol. v. Chap. 1, 
+ Anat, of Melanch. p, 269, 
