In this last volume I have done better still--for from the end of _Le Fever's_ episode, to the beginning of my uncle _Toby's_ campaigns, --I have scarce stepped a yard out of my way.
If I mend at this rate, it is not impossible----by the good leave of his grace of _Benevento's_ devils----but I may arrive hereafter at the excellency of going on even thus:
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which is a line drawn as straight as I could draw it, by a writing-master's ruler (borrowed for that purpose), turning neither to the right hand or to the left.
This _right line_, --the path-way for Christians to walk in! say divines----
----The emblem of moral rectitude! says _Cicero_----
----The _best line!_ say cabbage planters----is the shortest line, says _Archimedes_, which can be drawn from one given point to another.----
I wish your ladyships would lay this matter to heart, in your next birth-day suits!

In this last volume I have done better still - for from the end of Le Fever's episode, to the beginning of my uncle Toby's campaigns, I have scarce stepped a yard out of my way.
If I mend at this rate, it is not impossible that I may arrive at the excellency of going on even thus:
which is a line drawn as straight as I could draw it, with a ruler, turning neither to the right nor left.
This line - the path-way for Christians to walk in! say divines-
- The emblem of moral rectitude! says Cicero-
- The best line! say cabbage planters - is the shortest line, says Archimedes, which can be drawn from one point to another.
