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DR. Slop was within an ace of being an exception to all this argumenta- tion : for happening to have his green bays bag upon his knees, when he began to parody my uncle Toby, ---- 'twas as good as the best mantle in the world to him : for which purpose, when he foresaw the sentence would end in his new E 3 invented invented forceps, he thrust his hand into the bag in order to have them ready to clap in, where your reverences took so much notice of the * * * * * *, which had he managed, -- my uncle Toby had certainly been overthrown : the sentence and the argument in that case jumping closely in one point, so like the two lines which form the salient angle of a raveline, -- Dr. Slop would never have given them up ; ---- and my uncle Toby would as soon thought of flying, as taking them by force : but Dr. Slop fumbled so vilely in pulling them out, it took off the whole effect, and what was a ten times worse evil (for they sel- dom come alone in this life) in pulling out his forceps, his forceps unfortunately drew out the squirt along with it. When a proposition can be taken in two senses, ---- 'tis a law in disputation That the respondent may reply to which of of the two he pleases, or finds most con- venient for him. ---- This threw the ad- vantage of the argument quite on my uncle Toby's side. ---- ``Good God !'' cried my uncle Toby, `` are children brought into the world with a squirt ?''
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