I have ceased to go into society; the one occupation of my life now is the study of Oriental literature.

The air of Italy is better for me than the air of England, or I should never have left home.

Pray accept the apologies of a student and an invalid.

The active part of my life is at an end." The self-seclusion of his lordship seems to us to be explained in these brief lines.

We have not, however, on that account spared our inquiries in other directions.