Nothing in this world could have co-operated more powerfully towards this, than my uncle _Toby's_ blue and gold----_had not Quantity in some measure been necessary to Grace_: in a period of fifteen or sixteen years since they had been made, by a total inactivity in my uncle _Toby's_ life, for he seldom went further than the bowling-green--his blue and gold had become so miserably too strait for him, that it was with the utmost difficulty the corporal was able to get him into them; the taking them up at the sleeves, was of no advantage. 
Nothing in this world could have co-operated more powerfully towards this, than my uncle Toby's blue and gold coat, if only it had fitted. In the sixteen years since it had been made, through total inactivity in my uncle Toby's life - for he seldom went further than the bowling-green - his blue and gold had become so miserably tight, that it was with the utmost difficulty that the corporal was able to get him into it. The taking up at the sleeves had not helped.
