To one who took pleasure in the happy state of others, --there could not have been a greater sight in the world, than, on a post-morning, in which a practicable breach had been made by the duke of _Marlborough_, in the main body of the place, --to have stood behind the horn-beam hedge, and observed the spirit with which my uncle _Toby_, with _Trim_ behind him, sallied forth; ----the one with the _Gazette_ in his hand, --the other with a spade on his shoulder to execute the contents. 
To one who took pleasure in the happiness of others, there could not have been a greater sight in the world, than to have stood behind the hornbeam hedge, and observed the spirit with which my uncle Toby and Trim sallied forth; the one with the Gazette in his hand, the other with a spade on his shoulder to execute its contents.
