I hate these great dinners----said my father --The size of the dinner is not the point, answered _Yorick_----we want, Mr. _Shandy_, to dive into the bottom of this doubt, whether the name can be changed or not--and as the beards of so many commissaries, officials, advocates, proctors, registers, and of the most eminent of our school-divines, and others, are all to meet in the middle of one table, and _Didius_ has so pressingly invited you--who in your distress would miss such an occasion? 
'I hate these great dinners,' said my father.
'The size of the dinner is not the point,' answered Yorick. 'We want, Mr. Shandy, to dive into the bottom of this doubt, whether the name can be changed or not - and as so many officials, advocates, proctors, and school-divines are all to meet at one table, and Didius has invited you - who, in your distress, would miss such an occasion? 