My uncle _Toby_ never felt the consciousness of his existence with more complacency than what the corporal's, and his own reflections, made him do at that moment; ----he lighted his pipe, ----_Yorick_ drew his chair closer to the table, --_Trim_ snuff'd the candle, --my father stirr'd up the fire, --took up the book, --cough'd twice, and begun.
My uncle Toby never felt more pleased than with the corporal's reflections at that moment. He lit his pipe; Yorick drew his chair closer to the table; my father took up the book, coughed twice, and began.