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11) Nicodemused into Nothing. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...according to the proverb, "Give a dog a bad name and hang him." It is from Sterne s Tristram Shandy (vol. i. 19), on the evil influence of a silly name on the mind...

12) Roquelaure. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...once been had on since the night before your honour received your wound.'"Sterne: Tristram Shandy; Story of Le Fevre....

13) Smiler. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...act of treating one at the bar is giving one a "smile." Of course this is metaphorical. (See SHANDY-GAFF.) 1...

14) Nose Literature. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...C. H[usenbeth], translated from the French of O. Basselin.Chapter on Noses, in Tristram Shandy, by L. Sterne. 1 On the Dignity, Gravity, and Authority of Noses, by...

15) Wad'man (Widow). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...the captain s mouth, under the hope that he will kiss her and propose. (Sterne: Tristram Shandy.) 1...

16) Crit'ic. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...tis out, my lord, in every one of its dimensions. Admirable connoisseur! "-Sterne: Tristram Shandy, vol. iii. chap. xii. The abbe Charles Bossut (1730-1814) was a...

17) Lilli-Burle'ro or Lilli-Bulle'ro and Bullen-a-lah. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...is in Percy s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, series ii. bk. 3. (See Sterne: Tristram Shandy, chap. ii.) 1 "Lilli bullero, lilli bullero bullen a la, Lero lero,...

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