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 of the ancients,—the  which Alexander made use of at the siege of Tyre.—He would tell my uncle Toby of the  of the Syrians which threw such monstrous stones so many hundred feet, and shook the strongest bulwarks from their very foundation;—he would go on and describe the wonderful mechanism of the, which Marcellinus makes so much rout about,—the terrible effects of the ,—which cast fire,—the danger of the  and , which cast javelins.—But what are these, he would say, to the destructive machinery of corporal Trim?—Believe me, brother Toby, no bridge, or bastion, or sally port that ever was constructed in this world, can hold out against such artillery.

My uncle Toby would never attempt