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.