VIENNA:
Printed for R. SAMMER, Bookseller.

M. DCC. XCV.

TOME ACCOUNT

OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

MR. STERNE.

LAURENCE STERNE was the son of an Irish officer, and born at Clonmel in the fouth of Ireland November 24 th , 1713, a few days after his mother arrived from Dunkirk. His father, Roger Sterne, Lieutenant in Handafide's regiment in Ireland, was married to Agnes Hebert, widow of a captain of a good family. His greatgrandfather was an Archbishop, and his uncle a Prebendary of our Cathedrals..

Mr. Sterne, when yet a boy, had a wonderful escape in falling through a millтасе ,

whilft the mill was going, and of being taken up unhurt. In 1721, he was fixed at school near Halifax, where he