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ever since the civil wars;—Sir Roger Shandy wore them at the battle of Marston-Moor.—I declare I would not have taken ten pounds for them.—I'll pay you the money, brother Shandy, quoth my uncle Toby, looking at the two mortars with infinite pleasure, and putting his hand into his breeches-pocket, as he viewed them.—I'll pay you the ten pounds this moment with all my heart and soul.———
Brother Toby, replied my father, altering his tone, you care not what money you dissipate and throw away, provided, continued he, 'tis but upon a siege.—Have I not a hundred and twenty pounds a year, besides my half-pay? cried my uncle Toby.—What is that, replied my father, hastily,—to ten pounds for a pair of jack-boots?—twelve guineas for your pontoons;—half as much foryour
