----Every word would breathe the sentiments of a soul disdaining life, and careless about all its issues; for which reason, though my mother was a woman of no deep reading, yet the abstract of _Socrates's_ oration, which my father was giving my uncle _Toby_, was not altogether new to her. 
 every word disdaining life, and careless about its issues. For this reason, though my mother was not a woman of deep reading, yet the summary of Socrates's oration, which my father was giving my uncle Toby, was not altogether new to her.
