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passions were unaccountably sudden,—and what has this whelp of mine to say to the matter?———
Had my father been asking after the amputation of the tail of a puppy-dog—he could not have done it in a more careless air: the system which Dr. Slop had laid down, to treat the accident by, no way allowed of such a mode of enquiry.—He sat down.
Pray, Sir, quoth my uncle Toby, in a manner which could not go unanswered,—in what condition is the boy?—'Twill end in a phimosis, replied Dr. Slop.
I am no wiser than I was, quoth my uncle Toby,—returning his pipe into his mouth.—Then let the corporal go on,said
