Sterne and M&D (minor spoiler Be Warned!)

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>For what it's worth, I was more than pleased to stumble on a nod towards 
>Sterne's _Tristam Shandy_ on pg. 364:  "Mr. Knockwood, the landlord, a 
>sort of trans-Elemental Uncle Toby [...]

There have been a couple of postings on the reference to Sterne's Tristram
Shandy. I have not read the book but I remember reading somewhere there is a
section in there about clocks and the nature of time. Has anybody read it and
seen any connections?