[Here my uncle _Toby_, taking the advantage of a _minim_ in the second bar of his tune, kept whistling one continued note to the end of the sentence. ----Dr. _Slop_, with his division of curses moving under him, like a running bass all the way.] 
[Here my uncle Toby kept whistling one long note to the end of the sentence - with Dr. Slop like a running bass all the way.]
