The difference it made in the attack was this; That in going upon it, as in the first case, with the end of her forefinger against the end of my uncle _Toby's_ tobacco-pipe, she might have travelled with it, along the lines, from _Dan_ to _Beersheba_, had my uncle _Toby's_ lines reach'd so far, without any effect: For as there was no arterial or vital heat in the end of the tobacco-pipe, it could excite no sentiment----it could neither give fire by pulsation----or receive it by sympathy----'twas nothing but smoke.

The difference it made in the attack was this; that placing her finger on the end of my uncle Toby's tobacco-pipe would have caused no effect. For as there was no blood or vital heat in the end of the tobacco-pipe, it could excite no feeling - nothing but smoke.
