XLIII + 

My father took a single turn across the room, then sat down, and finished the chapter. + 

The verbs auxiliary we are concerned in here, continued my father, are, am; was; have; had; do; did; make; made; suffer; shall; should; will; would; can; could; owe; ought; used; or is wont.вБ†вАФAnd these varied with tenses, present, past, future, and conjugated with the verb see,вБ†вАФor with these questions added to them;вБ†вАФIs it? Was it? Will it be? Would it be? May it be? Might it be? And these again put negatively, Is it not? Was it not? Ought it not?вБ†вАФOr affirmatively,вБ†вАФIt is; It was; It ought to be. Or chronologically,вБ†вАФHas it been always? Lately? How long ago?вБ†вАФOr hypothetically,вБ†вАФIf it was? If it was not? What would follow?вБ†вЄЇвБ†If the French should beat the English? If the Sun go out of the Zodiac? + 

Now, by the right use and application of these, continued my father, in which a childвАЩs memory should be exercised, there is no one idea can enter his brain, how barren soever, but a magazine of conceptions and conclusions may be drawn forth from it.вБ†вЄЇвБ†Didst thou ever see a white bear? cried my father, turning his head round to Trim, who stood at the back of his chair:вБ†вАФNo, anвАЩ please your honour, replied the corporal.вБ†вЄЇвБ†But thou couldst discourse about one, Trim, said my father, in case of need?вБ†вАФHow is it possible, brother, quoth my uncle Toby, if the corporal never saw one?вБ†вЄЇвАЩTis the fact I want, replied my father,вБ†вАФand the possibility of it is as follows. + 

A white bear! Very well. Have I ever seen one? Might I ever have seen one? Am I ever to see one? Ought I ever to have seen one? Or can I ever see one? + 

Would I had seen a white bear! (for how can I imagine it?) + 

If I should see a white bear, what would I say? If I should never see a white bear, what then? + 

If I never have, can, must, or shall see a white bear alive; have I ever seen the skin of one? Did I ever see one painted?вБ†вАФdescribed? Have I never dreamed of one? + 

Did my father, mother, uncle, aunt, brothers or sisters, ever see a white bear? What would they give? How would they behave? How would the white bear have behaved? Is he wild? Tame? Terrible? Rough? Smooth? + 

вАФIs the white bear worth seeing?вБ†вАФ + 

вАФIs there no sin in it?вБ†вАФ + 

Is it better than a black one? + 