The thoughts of this sometimes sank my very soul within me, and distressed my mind so much that I could not soon recover it, to think what I should have done, and how I should not only have been unable to resist them, but even should not have had presence of mind enough to do what I might have done; much less what now, after so much consideration and preparation, I might be able to do.
Bij hunnen snellen loop zou er aan ontkomen niet te denken zijn geweest. Deze denkbeelden maakten mij soms bitter neêrslagtig.