For my hobby-horse, if you recollect a little, is no way a vicious beast; he has scarce one hair or lineament of the ass about him----'Tis the sporting little filly-folly which carries you out for the present hour--a maggot, a butterfly, a picture, a fiddlestick--an uncle _Toby's_ siege--or an _anything_, which a man makes a shift to get a-stride on, to canter it away from the cares and solicitudes of life--'Tis as useful a beast as is in the whole creation--nor do I really see how the world would do without it----

For my hobby-horse, if you recollect, is in no way a vicious beast; he has scarce one hair of the ass about him. - 'Tis the little filly-folly which carries you out for the present hour - a butterfly, a picture, a fiddlestick - uncle Toby's siege - or anything, which a man can get astride on, to canter away from the cares of life. 'Tis as useful a beast as exists in the whole of creation.
