The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman/Volume 8/Chapter 7
CHAP. VII.
—But for heaven's sake, let us not talk of quarts or gallons—let us take the story straight before us; it is so nice and intricate a one, it will scarce bear the transposition of a single tittle; and some how or other, you have got me thrust almost into the middle of it—
—I beg we may take more care.