The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Zounds! -- -- -- Z -- -- -ds! cried Phutatorius, partly to himself -- -- -and yet high enough to be heard -- and what seemed odd, 'twas uttered in a construction of look, and in a tone of voice, somewhat between that of a man in amazement and one in bodily pain.

One or two who had very nice ears, and could distinguish the expression and mixture of the two tones as plainly as a third or a fifth, or any other chord in music -- were the most puzzled and perplexed with it -- the concord was good in itself -- but then 'twas quite out of the key, and no way applicable to the subject started; -- -- -so that with all their knowledge, they could not tell what in the world to make of it.