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вЄЇвБ†No,вБ†вАФI think I have advanced nothing, replied my father, making answer to a question which Yorick had taken the liberty to put to him,вБ†вАФI have advanced nothing in the Tristra-paedia, but what is as clear as any one proposition in Euclid.вБ†вАФReach me, Trim, that book from off the scrutoir:вБ†вЄЇвБ†it has ofttimes been in my mind, continued my father, to have read it over both to you, Yorick, and to my brother Toby, and I think it a little unfriendly in myself, in not having done it long ago:вБ†вЄЇвБ†shall we have a short chapter or two now,вБ†вАФand a chapter or two hereafter, as occasions serve; and so on, till we get through the whole? My uncle Toby and Yorick made the obeisance which was proper; and the corporal, though he was not included in the compliment, laid his hand upon his breast, and made his bow at the same time.вБ†вЄЇвБ†The company smiled. Trim, quoth my father, has paid the full price for staying out the entertainment.вБ†вЄЇвБ†He did not seem to relish the play, replied Yorick.вБ†вЄЇвАЩTwas a Tomfool-battle, anвАЩ please your reverence, of captain TripetвАЩs and that other officer, making so many summersets, as they advanced;вБ†вЄЇвБ†the French come on capering now and then in that way,вБ†вАФbut not quite so much. + 

My uncle Toby never felt the consciousness of his existence with more complacency than what the corporalвАЩs, and his own reflections, made him do at that moment;вБ†вЄЇвБ†he lighted his pipe,вБ†вЄЇвБ†Yorick drew his chair closer to the table,вБ†вАФTrim snuffвАЩd the candle,вБ†вАФmy father stirrвАЩd up the fire,вБ†вАФtook up the book,вБ†вАФcoughвАЩd twice, and begun. + 