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-- -- But before the Corporal begins, I must first give you a description of his attitude; -- -- -otherwise he will naturally stand represented, by your imagination, in an uneasy posture, -- stiff, -- perpendicular, -- dividing the weight of his body equally upon both legs; -- -- -his eye fixed, as if on duty; -- his look determined, -- clenching the sermon in his left hand, like his firelock.
-- -- -In a word, you would be apt to paint Trim, as if he was standing in his platoon ready for action.