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Phutatorius is a priest and a guest at the dinner Yorick brings Walter and Toby to in order to discuss the possibility of re-christening Tristram. Phutatorius loudly interrupts the discussion after one of the hot chestnuts that Gastripheres roasted falls down his pants and burns his genitals. Phutatorius blames Yorick, whom he already considers an enemy, and this both undermines Yorick’s case for re-christening Tristram and leads to Yorick’s eventual downfall in the church.
Phutatorius Quotes in Tristram Shandy
The Tristram Shandy quotes below are all either spoken by Phutatorius or refer to Phutatorius . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 4: Chapters 25-31
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As Yorick pronounced the word point blank, my uncle Toby rose up to say something upon projectiles—when a single word, and no more, uttered form the opposite side of the table, drew every one’s ears towards it—a word of all others in the dictionary the last in that place to be expected—a word I am ashamed to write—yet must be written—must be read;—illegal—uncanonical—guess ten thousand guesses, multiplied into themselves—rack—torture your invention for ever, you’re where you was—In short, I’ll tell it in the next chapter.
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Phutatorius Quotes in Tristram Shandy
The Tristram Shandy quotes below are all either spoken by Phutatorius or refer to Phutatorius . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 4: Chapters 25-31
Quotes
As Yorick pronounced the word point blank, my uncle Toby rose up to say something upon projectiles—when a single word, and no more, uttered form the opposite side of the table, drew every one’s ears towards it—a word of all others in the dictionary the last in that place to be expected—a word I am ashamed to write—yet must be written—must be read;—illegal—uncanonical—guess ten thousand guesses, multiplied into themselves—rack—torture your invention for ever, you’re where you was—In short, I’ll tell it in the next chapter.
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