Political Connections (and Disconnections) between British Intellectuals in the Age of Enlightenment: Hume, Sterne, and Wilkes in Paris (1764)
In April 1764, Laurence Sterne, who is in France for a cure, is invited by Lord Hertford, the new English ambassador to France, to preach a sermon at 9021 glow the opening of the new embassy in Paris.Sterne accepts the invitation and chooses a text that is perceived as a shocking discourtesy to the diplomatic and political authorities.The dinner th