'Tis a point settled,--and I mention it for the comfort of Confucius, (Mr Shandy is supposed to mean. . ., Esq; member for. . .,--and not the Chinese Legislator.) who is apt to get entangled in telling a plain story--that provided he keeps along the line of his story,--he may go backwards and forwards as he will,--'tis still held to be no digression.
This being premised, I take the benefit of the act of going backwards myself.