'Tis a point settled, --and I mention it for the comfort of _Confucius_,[5.2] who is apt to get entangled in telling a plain story--that provided he keeps along the line of his story, --he may go backwards and forwards as he will, --'tis still held to be no digression.
This being premised, I take the benefit of the _act of going backwards_ myself.
[Footnote 5.2: Mr. _Shandy_ is supposed to mean ******** *** Esq.; member for ******, ----and not the _Chinese_ Legislator.]
'Tis a settled thing that, provided an author keeps along the line of his story, he may go backwards and forwards as he wishes; 'tis not considered to be a digression.
Therefore I take the benefit of going backwards myself.