The corporal had already, --what with cutting off the ends of my uncle _Toby's_ spouts--hacking and chiseling up the sides of his leaden gutters, --melting down his pewter shaving-bason, --and going at last, like _Lewis_ the Fourteenth, on to the top of the church, for spare ends, &c. ----he had that very campaign brought no less than eight new battering cannons, besides three demi-culverins, into the field; my uncle _Toby's_ demand for two more pieces for the redoubt, had set the corporal at work again; and no better resource offering, he had taken the two leaden weights from the nursery window: and as the sash pullies, when the lead was gone, were of no kind of use, he had taken them away also, to make a couple of wheels for one of their carriages.

The corporal had already, - what with cutting off the ends of my uncle Toby's leaden spouts - hacking at the sides of his lead gutters - melting down his pewter shaving-basin, and climbing on the church roof for spare ends of lead, - he had brought no less than eight new battering cannons into the field.
My uncle Toby's demand for two more pieces for the redoubt set the corporal at work again; and he had taken the two leaden weights from the nursery window: and as the sash pulleys were of no use without the weights, he had taken them away also, to make wheels for one of their gun-carriages.
