So much for Corporal _Trim's_ body and legs. ----He held the sermon loosely, not carelessly, in his left hand, raised something above his stomach, and detached a little from his breast; ----his right arm falling negligently by his side, as nature and the laws of gravity ordered it, ----but with the palm of it open and turned towards his audience, ready to aid the sentiment in case it stood in need.
Corporal _Trim's_ eyes and the muscles of his face were in full harmony with the other parts of him; --he looked frank, --unconstrained, --something assured, --but not bordering upon assurance.
Let not the critic ask how Corporal _Trim_ could come by all this. ----I've told him it should be explained; --but so he stood before my father, my uncle _Toby_, and Dr. _Slop_, --so swayed his body, so contrasted his limbs, and with such an oratorical sweep throughout the whole figure, ----a statuary might have modelled from it; ----nay, I doubt whether the oldest Fellow of a College, --or the _Hebrew_ Professor himself, could have much mended it.
_Trim_ made a bow, and read as follows:
The SERMON
HEBREWS xiii. 18
----_For we _trust_ we have a good Conscience_

So much for Corporal Trim's legs. He held the sermon loosely, not carelessly, in his left hand; his right arm falling negligently by his side, but with the palm open and turned towards his audience, ready to aid the sentiment if needed.
Corporal Trim's eyes and face were in full harmony with the rest of him; he looked frank and assured.
So he stood, with such an oratorical sweep of figure, a statue might have been modelled from it.
He made a bow, and read as follows:
The Sermon
HEBREWS xiii. 18
For we trust we have a good Conscience
