When my father had danced his white bear backwards and forwards through half a dozen pages, he closed the book for good an' all, --and in a kind of triumph redelivered it into _Trim's_ hand, with a nod to lay it upon the 'scrutoire, where he found it. ----_Tristram_, said he, shall be made to conjugate every word in the dictionary, backwards and forwards the same way; ----every word, _Yorick_, by this means, you see, is converted into a thesis or an hypothesis; --every thesis and hypothesis have an offspring of propositions; --and each proposition has its own consequences and conclusions; every one of which leads the mind on again, into fresh tracks of enquiries and doubtings. ----The force of this engine, added my father, is incredible in opening a child's head. ----'Tis enough, brother _Shandy_, cried my uncle _Toby_, to burst it into a thousand splinters.----

When my father had danced his white bear backwards and forwards through half a dozen pages, he closed the book, and handed it triumphantly to Trim.
'Tristram,' said he, 'shall be made to conjugate every word in the dictionary, backwards and forwards. By this means, you see, Yorick, every word is converted into a thesis or proposition; and each proposition leads the mind on into fresh enquiries. The force of this engine is incredible in opening a child's head.'
''Tis enough, brother Shandy,' cried my uncle Toby, 'to burst it into a thousand splinters.'
