The first is, That in doing justice, I may give rest to _Yorick's_ ghost; ----which--as the country-people, and some others, believe, ----_still walks_.
The second reason is, That, by laying open this story to the world, I gain an opportunity of informing it, --That in case the character of parson _Yorick_, and this sample of his sermons, is liked, ----there are now in the possession of the _Shandy_ family, as many as will make a handsome volume, at the world's service, ----and much good may they do it.
The first is, that I may give rest to Yorick's ghost; which the country-people believe still walks.
The second reason is, that by telling this story to the world, I can inform it that if this sample of Yorick's sermons is liked, there are many more such sermons in the possession of the Shandy family, enough to make a handsome volume, at the world's service.
* Abridger's note: The Prebendary of York being one Laurence Sterne, who preached the sermon there in 1750.