I think rather, replied my uncle _Toby_, that 'tis we who sink an inch lower. --If I meet but a woman with child --I do it. --'Tis a heavy tax upon that half of our fellow-creatures, brother _Shandy_, said my uncle _Toby_--'Tis a piteous burden upon 'em, continued he, shaking his head --Yes, yes, 'tis a painful thing--said my father, shaking his head too----but certainly since shaking of heads came into fashion, never did two heads shake together, in concert, from two such different springs.
God bless } 'em all------said my uncle _Toby_ and my Deuce take } father, each to himself.
'I think rather,' replied my uncle Toby, 'that 'tis we who sink an inch lower. If I meet a woman with child, I do it. 'Tis a heavy tax upon that half of our fellow-creatures, brother Shandy - 'tis a piteous burden upon 'em,' continued he, shaking his head.
'Yes, yes, 'tis a painful thing,' said my father, shaking his head too - but never did two heads shake together, from two such different causes.
'God bless / Deuce take 'em all,' said my uncle Toby / and my father, each to himself.