Sterne alighted from the York mail, just as Byron "awoke one morning, " to "find himself famous." Seldom indeed has any lion so suddenly discovered been pursued so eagerly and by such a distinguished crowd of hunters. The chase was remarkable enough to have left a lasting impression on the spectators, for it was several years after (in 1773) that Dr. Johnson, by way of fortifying his very just remark that "any man who has a name or who has the power of pleasing will be generally invited in London, " observed gruffly that "the man Sterne, " he was told, "had had engagements for three months.