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 "The knee is such a distance from the main body—whereas the groin, your honour knows, is upon the very curtin of the place."

My uncle Toby gave a long whistle—but in a note which could scarce be heard across the table.

The Corporal had advanced too far to retire—in three words he told the rest—

My uncle Toby laid down his pipe as gently upon the fender, as if it had been spun from the unravellings of a spider's web

Let us go to my brother Shandy's, said he.