My uncle _Toby_ would never offer to answer this by any other kind of argument, than that of whistling half a dozen bars of _Lillabullero_. ----You must know it was the usual channel thro' which his passions got vent, when any thing shocked or surprized him: ----but especially when any thing, which he deem'd very absurd, was offered.

My uncle Toby would never answer this by any other argument, than that of whistling half a dozen bars of Lillabullero. This was the usual channel through which his passions got vent, when anything shocked or surprised him, or when he was presented with an absurdity.
