Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gent, Vol. IX, Cap. IV, (1759-67).

A linha que o cabo Trim desenha com o bastão no ar / The line Corporal Trim traces with his walking stick (Illustration):

… Nothing, continued the corporal, can be so sad as confinement for life—or so sweet, an’ please your honour, as liberty.
… Nothing, Trim—said my uncle Toby, musing.
… Whilst a man is free—cried the corporal, giving a flourish with his stick thus—