My father here had got into his element, ----and was going on as prosperously with his dissertation upon trade, as my uncle _Toby_ had before, upon his of fortification; --but to the loss of much sound knowledge, the destinies in the morning had decreed that no dissertation of any kind should be spun by my father that day, ----for as he opened his mouth to begin the next sentence.
My father here had got into his element, and was going on as prosperously with his dissertation upon trade, as my uncle Toby had upon fortification; - but the destinies had decreed that no speech should be spun by my father that day, for as he opened his mouth to begin the next sentence,