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 —Was ever any thing in Nature so sweet!—so exquisite!

—Then, dear Sir, how could my uncle Toby resist it?

Thrice happy book! thou wilt have one page, at least, within thy covers, which will not blacken, and which  cannot misrepresent.

Susannah was informed by an express from Mrs. Bridget, of my uncle Tobys falling in love with her mistress, fifteen days before it happened,—the contents of which express, Susannah communicated to my mother the next day,—it has just given me an opportunity of entering upon my uncle Tobys amours a fortnight before their existence.