Tristram

Since Tristram is much more knowledgeable about computers than I am, I needed to know how to go about it.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » “How can I write a character that’s smarter than I am?” 2009

Dissertation simply upon the word Tristram, — shewing the world, with great candour and modesty, the grounds of his great abhorrence to the name.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Dissertation simply upon the word Tristram, — shewing the world, with great candour and modesty, the grounds of his great abhorrence to the name.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

It only remained that he should have published a book in defence of the belief, and sure enough “in the year sixteen,” two years before the birth of his second son, “he was at the pains of writing an express dissertation simply upon the word Tristram, showing the world with great candour and modesty the grounds of his great abhorrence to the name.”

Sterne Traill, H D 1882

That’d put a hole in Tristram’s pride if it was brought up later.

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Meliodas, that when he is christened let call him Tristram, that is as much to say as a sorrowful birth.

Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

Whether he would take upon him to say, he had ever remembered, — whether he had ever read, — or even whether he had ever heard tell of a man, called Tristram, performing any thing great or worth recording? —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Whether he would take upon him to say, he had ever remembered, — whether he had ever read, — or even whether he had ever heard tell of a man, called Tristram, performing any thing great or worth recording? —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

And because I shall die of the birth of thee, I charge thee, gentlewoman, that thou pray my lord, King Meliodas, that when he is christened let call him Tristram, that is as much to say as a sorrowful birth.

Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1 1903

Meanwhile, keep a parent's eye upon your son (he's called Tristram), for through him your reward will be attained.

The Blue Pavilions Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903