If I was not morally sure that the reader must be out of all patience for my uncle _Toby's_ character, ----I would here previously have convinced him that there is no instrument so fit to draw such a thing with, as that which I have pitch'd upon.

If I was not sure that the reader must be impatient to hear my uncle Toby's character, I would here convince him that there is no instrument so fit to draw such a thing with, as a Hobby-Horse.
