The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman/Volume 5/Chapter 25

by Laurence Sterne

CHAP. XXV.

'Tis a point settled,—and I mention it for the comfort of ^[1]Confucius, who is apt to get entangled in telling a plain story—that provided he keeps along the line of his story,—he may go backwards and forwards as he will,—'tis still held to be no digression.

This being premised, I take the benefit of the act of going backwards myself.

 

1. Mr. Shandy is supposed to mean ***** *** ***, Esq; member for ******,—and not the Chinese Legislator.