Excerpt from The Works of Laurence Sterne, Vol. 2 of 4: Containing the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent.; A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; Sermons, Lettres, &C. With a Life of the Author, Written by Himself I'albaljofeph Scaliger, Ferdinand de Cordoue, and others;-lome of whom left off their firbfianz'z'al jbrms at nine years old, or fooner, and went on reafoning without them -others went through their clafiics at leven - wrote tragedies at eight. -fer dinand de coidoue was fo wife at nine, - twas thought the Devil was in him - and at Venice gave fuch proofs of his knowledge and goodnefs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.